Rated: R for strong graphic violence and some language. Runtime: 122 mins. Director: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen Writer: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen from a novel by Cormac McCarthy. Cast:Tommy Lee Jones; Javier Bardem; Josh Brolin; Woody Harrelson ... complete cast Tagline: There Are No Clean Getaways Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller/Western Memorable Quote:"1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it." ... more quotes Release Date: November 9, 2007 Distributor: Miramax Films Official Site:www.nocountryforoldmen-themovie.com/ View the Trailer:www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/nocountryforoldmen/
During an early and particularly brutal scene at my screening of No Country For Old Men, I overheard a viewer seated behind me mumble that she was confused as to why people were laughing. She said, "I don't get it," and then rustled brusquely in her seat, appalled that people would laugh at such a sight. Later on in the movie, as the entire audience was gasping in horror at another particular visual, this same lady was snickering in glee. This is sure to be a typical reaction from most viewers of the latest offering by the Coen brothers. Adapted from the popular 2003 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, the film manages to ground us in harsh reality with its disturbing observation of the decline of American civility, while at the same time tickling us with a humorous depiction of death and meaningless violence... more
I love it when a book becomes a movie, not because its typically an easy track to success in Hollywood, because it's a story that has depth and means something. It's an idea that some novelist or writer actually sat down and put a lot of thought and imagination to and for that, its real to me. Who cares what it's about or if it's a story you would actually sit down and thumb through on a lazy Saturday afternoon. The point is, it came from a creative place and most of the time, it's these stories that make great movies. I say most, because that's not always the case, as a film is only as good as its writing. There are a lot of talented screenwriters, just waiting to come up with the next big idea, while others simply take a story like the one in No Country for Old Men, and adapt it into a movie. Neither one is more superior over the other, but each takes a certain touch to make it all work. The Coen brothers by now should know what that touch is, and for the better part of this entire film they had it, but something happened toward the end to change all that leaving me with too many unanswered questions when it was all said and done... more
