Dan Hedaya, Deborah Neumann, Frances McDormand
A Texas bar owner hires a private detective to kill his wife and her lover, but things don't go as planned when double-crossing and betrayal abound.
DVD Release Date: September 18, 2001
Stats: 1,697 reviews
The Coen formula is simple but effective. Take a misdeed, a sin if you will, and let it set off a chain of events that eventually leads to an ultimate redemption and a righting of the wrong. It's a cycle that, in the hands of the masters, never gets old and never seems cliche'.
Fairly slow moving, yet the last 10 minutes completely made up for it. A young Frances McDormand clearly shows her talents for a leading role and with and with this being an early Coen Bro?s film, there are certainly hints of their promising future here.
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Tense, gripping thriller with shady duplicitous characters. Obvious forerunner to Fargo and No Country. The late M. Emmet Walsh is particularly good as the not-so-stupid hitman.
The Coen's debut film about a murder-for-hire that goes horribly wrong. The acting is all top-notch and the film is a great example of film noir, especially coming out of the 80's and not the 40's. McDormand, Hedaya and Getz are all excellent in this and the Coen's give this movi...( read more)
This is an outstanding early effort by the Coen brothers! A great low budget film noir. A great plot makes this film a must see.
People don't share information and people die. Well-made, good acting. Could be called black humor if you have an arid sense of humor. I liked it and will see it again.
The Coen Brothers' first (and very acclaimed) movie of money, betrayal, love, and murder told in pure noir/Hitchcock fashion.
It tells a story in which every individual detail seems to make sense, and every individual choice seems logical, but the choices and details form a bewildering labyrinth in which there are times when... full review
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