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(1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1   95/100 "La frase y secuencia final, como idea y como toma es tan buena, que sólo puede sonreírse al mirarla y recordarla"   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez 2.5/5 "Merely Z-grade noir full of weird non-sequiturs"   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "Intelligent, insightful, and resonant."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "Joel and Ethan Coen's "The Man Who Wasn't There" remains compelling even though little seems to be happening."   Lawrence Journal-World   Dan Lybarger 2/4 "Ed may be very well be the man who wasn't there, but that's not the only thing absent from this letdown of a motion picture."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3/4 "Another quirky, intelligent, beautifully photographed, and finely crafted movie from the Brothers Coen."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth A- "Each performance is intelligently measured..."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1.5/4 "Knowing that such a wasteful project was done by such talents as Joel and Ethan Coen makes the outcome all the more mindbogglingly weak."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 3/4 "The Coens deftly handle the film's twists and turns, even if they hide behind noir jargon to oft-desperate effect."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "Vastly entertaining and boasts several excellent performances."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Plays like Death of a Salesman without all the hard-hitting action."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A "It's remarkable in the way it blends genres, defies convention, draws us in and breaks our hearts."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B+ "A lovely, very funny and strangely moving film, one that takes its rightful place in the ever-more-amazing corpus of the brothers' work."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A black-and-white tour de force by the Coen Brothers about all the changes that rain down upon a passive man when he decides to change his life."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "An unconventional, unpredictable thriller that Hitchcock probably would have enjoyed."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Like those funky Chrysler PT Cruisers, it is meant to look like something from the past, but at the same time remain firmly rooted in the present tense"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/5 "Black-and-white Coen brothers experiment in film noir is transformed by Billy Bob Thornton's superb performance."   Netflix   James Rocchi 6/10 "A more outwardly dramatic offering than what we're used to seeing from the brothers, and, without the usual doses of droll comedy to keep the story moving, the weakness of a petering final act feels magnified."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3.5/4 "It's one of the Coens' most successful, emotionally charged works."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "Although it features some decent and even fun filmmaking and storytelling ... and a terrific performance by Thornton, the film simply loses focus and gets a bit too bizarre for its own good or the viewer's enjoyment."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 9/10 "The Coen bros' films have always been an acquired taste so if you're looking for something unique, this flick might just be the change of pace that you're looking for."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3/4 "Mr. Shaloub injects some much needed energy into the film which otherwise feels long at two hours."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/4 "Los Coen siguen demostrando que el cine es mucho más que simples efectismos visuales que no dejan nada para la posteridad."   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 4 "This film is seamy, rimmed with cigarette smoke and shadows coursing with meaning. Go see it – it’s beautiful."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/4 "Even though I wish the Coen had invested themselves in their story more seriously, they more than make up for it with style and atmosphere."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B "The producing/directing/writing team of Joel and Ethan Coen ("Fargo") deliver another of their wonderfully wry homages to American filmmaking"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/5 "Clever, in a 'dare you to name this hommage' kind of way, but it's fundamentally heartless and coldly hollow."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3.5/4 "A quirky, existentialist neo-noir which starts in the direction of a thriller but turns the tables on its setup and heads off into completely unexpected territory."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 8/10 "A little slow and listless, but it is a great film to watch and in the end the script is as clever as we would expect from the Coen Brothers."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 4.5/5 "The measured pace creates a whole world of atmosphere."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3/5 "Outstanding performances from the entire cast, especially Tony Shaloub as Califonia’s leading criminal defense lawyer."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 5/5 "It's impossible to guess what the Coen brothers will come up with next, and little could prepare us for this offbeat 1940s noir drama shot in full period style. But it's a complete and utter triumph."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "Thornton does wonders within the tabula rasa of words and gestures he's limited to."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves A- "[It] isn't so much a noir movie as a movie deeply in love with noir, a valentine to that seamy world of hard lives, deadly women, and luckless shmoes in trouble…"   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 3/4 "The movie succeeds brilliantly in establishing memorable characters. It also succeeds in establishing a mood of existential absurdity ..."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "...a wonderful entry into the pantheon of modern film noir."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "It's a captivating gem of a crime caper."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 4/4 "Their best film since Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There is deadpan slapstick of a kind that has become unique to the Brothers Coen."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3/4 "Breathtaking cinematography almost covers up some of the structural inconsistencies."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell 7/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1