One of the most thought-provoking and open-ended films of the year, and probably of the past few years. Joel and Ethan Coen craft a masterpiece of pacing, storytelling and parabolic enigma. The effective juggling of so many themes accentuate this crime drama, and elevates this caper into the base of what turns out to be a tale of morality and sensibility.
As far as performances go, Javier Bardem is exceptional, Josh Brolin is memorable and Tommy Lee Jones and Kelly Macdonald are effective. I found Woody Harrelson to be annoying and rather useless.
I got a bad feelin' Llewelyn
10/10
© 2007 Kim Bartlett
We both give it a 9/10, but I thought Bardem was the weakest. Not that he was bad, he just wasn't given much to do, acting wise.
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