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(1 - 50) of 61 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   12   > Next "a film whose long, twisted narrative roads, rather than converging on some obvious, hackneyed point of closure, instead open out to infinite horizons."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel A "This is intense, provocative filmmaking on every level that is sure to be one of the best American films of the year."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4.5/5 "Shockingly effective and incomprehensibly great, No Country for Old Men proves that the Coen Brothers are America's reigning motion picture Gods."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron A- "A whip-smart, fingernail-chewing creation that crackles with tension and is pocked with thrilling incarnations of evil. It makes the standard-issue nightmare seem like a tropical vacation."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 "the neo-western byproduct of a deranged and adrift zeitgeist"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin A "The Coen Brothers have gotten their mojo back with the help of Cormac McCarthy."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The film leaves you to figure whether such perception is real, Anton is random, or Carla Jean sees something about the "country" the men cannot."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 76/100 "Wildly overpraised, but a solid return to form for the Coen Bros."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 5/5 "The duo may have created their most accomplished and compelling movie to date."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 5/5 "The Coens have given us a film so unlike anything they've made before, and in doing so, they've given us a work of complete, devastating brilliance."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3.5/4 "With No Country for Old Men, the brothers Coen return to Texas -- and to form."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "...the Coen brothers' most consistent and flat-out entertaining effort since 1996's Fargo..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair A "Examines a soulless America that can't live with or without violence."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 4/4 "A masterpiece of a thriller, as merciless as a livestock stun gun to the head, as sharp as a razor blade, and as confidently written as any genre classic one can think of (take your pick)."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 4/5 "Un thriller de brillante ejecución cinematográfica, que muestra a los hermanos Coen en su mejor forma junto a un elenco excepcional. También una meditación sobre la violencia, desencantada y sombría."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A "It's as close to a perfect film as I've seen all year: ingeniously crafted, thematically consistent, and haunting in its implications."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/4 "The Coens have found the perfect source material to continue their dominance of the crime genre while making a second viewing an absolute must to appreciate all the voices involved."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 4/4 "An utterly enormous piece of filmmaking..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. A "Bleak but beautiful, and with characteristic Coen shafts of gallows humor,...about as perfect as a film can get...a shocking and mesmerizing experience."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A quirky and bloody meditation on the rising tide of violence in America by the Coen brothers."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A "Like The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction and other films that shift paradigms in mid-stream, there's more happening than meets the eye....Stark and spare, it's often a gasp-inducing, armrest-clutching experience."   Modern Fabulousity   Gabriel Shanks A "The film's greatest asset...is that the Coens have thankfully dropped their propensity for eccentricity, which has always been their Achilles' Heel as filmmakers."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3.5/4 "The Coens know how a thing or two about pacing, and it's relentless here. The story is full of unexpected twists and switchbacks, and opportunities for the audience to gear down and take a breath are few and far between."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Not since Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) can I remember a film in which dead silence is used more exquisitely and more frequently to produce nearly unbearable tension."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "A brilliant example of how plot devices as simple as murder and money can be used to explore larger sweeping themes of mortality, morality and more -- while still delivering rousing, intelligent pure entertainment."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 4/4 "The Coens return to form, creating their most idiosyncratic characters since Steve Buscemi's Carl Showalter faced down the wood chipper in Fargo."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 9/10 "It's a localized scenario, but what the movie skillfully does is increase its philosophical scale ever so slowly."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 4/4 "This Coen Brothers adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel may be their darkest film yet. It's also one of their best."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 6/10 "...the Coens sabotage their wonderfully understated style in No Country with the trivial substance of their narrative."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "It's the Coen's masterpiece."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/4 "No Country is not a film for weak, unsteady hearts."   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 4/5 "The film is a slow burn, not building, not petering out, just becoming gradually more nerve-wracking as each plot point makes itself known. Astounding sound design by Craig Berkey."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 4.0/4.0 "Good fortune found is always promising before bad fortune comes looking for it."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3.5/4 "If you're not looking for a "Fargo"-level masterpiece but just for a badass modern Western, it delivers plenty on that level."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest A- "...an elegy for an American way of life that may make liberals side with the old El Paso Sheriff who bemoans today's youth with their drugs and green hair. It's a Texan lament not heard since The Last Picture Show."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "There's less to the Coen brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 somber thriller than meets the eye, but it's a hugely entertaining slice of sunbaked Gothic."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "In almost seven years as a critic, I have never said this within a review, and here it is: This film is a masterpiece."   UR Chicago Magazine   Mark Dujsik 6/10 "A brutal and violent film that breaks some of the rules that we expect from crime thrillers. NO COUNTRY is gripping, but it goes for the gut instead of the head."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3/4 "A world of bad men that's easy to get trapped in and impossible to escape from"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[N]o Coen human low-pressure system yet has been anything like the nightmare of centered psychosis that is Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 5/5 "No Country for Old Men is the most brutal cinematic experience of the year, as well as one the best. It's nothing shy of an unforgettable masterpiece."   Bronsonfive   Michael Ferraro 4/4 "I treasure movies such as this - movies that put you in a location, allow you to soak up the details, and constantly take you places you don't anticipate going. No Country For Old Men is a masterpiece."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "Cormac McCarthy's book about a man who finds a case full of money at the scene of a drug deal gone very, very wrong is ideally suited for the Coen brother's understated talk and striking visuals."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 3.5/4 "The Coens' first film since their leaden remake of The Ladykillers is an exceptional return to their Blood Simple roots, offering up a crime saga in which money is almost as irresistible as bad choices are inevitable."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 5/5 "Embora os cineastas neguem ao espectador uma conclusão amarradinha e dramaticamente catártica, o fato é que esta é tematicamente perfeita e enriquece o filme ainda mais."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "The Coens have left all their tricks and ironic jokery behind and the resulting film feels deeper and more personally felt than anything they have done before."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4.5/5 "The Coens load the film with realistic touches that add grit and meaning to the almost mythical plot."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "This is the blackest film noir in years, and a great American movie."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves A- "It thunders with the mordant wit, blood-soaked pessimism, and human folly that mark their unique auteurial stamp."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "This anti-Western set in the dusty southwest is pretty good for the first two acts, but burns out well before the end."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten  (1 - 50) of 61 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   12   > Next