Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.

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R, 2 hrs. 2 min.

Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Release Date: November 21, 2007

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DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009

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  • May 1, 2009
    The Coen Brothers' most violent & visceral crime thriller since "Miller's Crossing".
  • September 3, 2009
    Its great to have the Coen brothers back on the big screen and this film does not disappoint. Although the Coen style humour is toned down in this film, it suffers from nothing less than being pure genius. After all its not their story but its a brilliantly realised adaptation.
  • July 16, 2009
    A modern western. Strong, violent, intense, harsh, silent, cynical, irrational.
    One of the best films of the Coen Brothers, maybe their finest one for the form!
  • June 1, 2009
    just plain weird
  • April 13, 2009
    Brilliantly crafted, "No Country" is a return to form for the mighty Coens. Javier Bardem stands out as one of the most memorable screen characters in recent memory. Very subtle in the way only the Coens can deliver, and it expects a lot from its audience. For the haters out...( read more) there who couldn't get their brains around it, I'm sure Michael Bay will have something released real quick for ya.
  • November 19, 2009
    I hated the ending, I think a better ending could have made this movie a lot better!!! Great actors alone can not give us great movies, you know!!!
  • November 19, 2009
    TOMMY LEE JONES IS EXTREMELY EXCELLENT IN THIS
  • November 19, 2009
    i thought it was an awsome movie till the ending, which left me asking what the @#$%%%!!!!!!!
  • November 18, 2009
    A great departure from the Coen's typical style. It's a great crime epic. I know everyone says that Javier Bardem was the standout in this movie but I thought that James Brolin was amazing. He's come a long way from being a goonie. What I loved about his performance is that he wa...( read more)s so real and you could really see the time he put into the character.
  • November 17, 2009
    This is a superbly made movie with excellent production values and impressive cenery. The performances by Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly MacDonald, and especially Javier Bardin give terrific performances. The story is very dark, violent, and full of unpredictable twists -- n...( read more)o one is safe among the characters in this film and you will not expect the way it ends. It is a neo-noir, horror, modern western masterpiece that I would give four-and-one-half stars.

Critic Reviews


November 16, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

[It] just might be the Coen brothers' singular mythic masterwork. full review

November 9, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim

A great American film. A dark and sometimes bleakly comic vision of our violent culture. full review

November 9, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press

Deeper, funnier and even stranger than Fargo. full review

November 9, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

No Country for Old Men is as good a film as the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have ever made, and they made Fargo. full review

November 8, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

For formalists -- those moviegoers sent into raptures by tight editing, nimble camera work and faultless sound design -- No Country for Old Men is pure heaven.

November 6, 2007
Marcy Dermansky, About.com

While No Country For Old Men is compelling from beginning to end, the film lacks soul. full review

November 5, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

If I want wry lawmen and smart, calculating fugitives, I'll get them from Elmore Leonard; and, if I want Leonard, I'll take him neat, rather than slow-filtered, drop by drop, through a layer of Faulkn... full review

November 5, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

Here's the gist: It's a near masterpiece. full review

November 1, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

The Coens squeeze us without mercy in a vise of tension and suspense, but only to force us to look into an abyss of our own making. full review

October 5, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Feels less like a breathing, thinking movie than an exercise. That may be partly because it's an adaptation of a book by a contemporary author who's usually spoken of in hushed, respectful, hat-in-han... full review

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Comments


  • jackhammerebm
    March 15, 2009
    I can't for the life of me understand how anyone can say one negative thing about this movie. It was a cinematic masterpiece. Good movie or great movie would be the only debate I could see. Call it!
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    December 4, 2008
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  • terris85017
    October 18, 2008
    Hmmm...sad to say I found it thoroughly dark...with some dark humor thrown in...Woody Harrelson was memorial as the dudded up "cleaner" hit man hired to hit the psychopathic/drug dealer gone awry.
  • perfectgentlemn
    July 20, 2008
    Great Thriller, Tons of Suspense, Horrifying, but... Excellent movie, A must watch ;-) Enjoy
  • karthu1993
    July 15, 2008
    Josh brolin's death killed the thrill of the movie. until then it was very nice. I think atonem,ent deserved the oscar better.
  • Simontbh
    July 12, 2008
    People who didn't like this film, don't know what they are saying. You are not a fan of film if you say this is not a good film.
  • BiologyBabe2012
    June 27, 2008
    I haven't seen No Country (yet), but on InfamousHugo's statement: like you say, you don't have to love a film for it to be good. I mean, I didn't particularly enjoy Titanic or The Godfather but they're still great pieces of cinema. Perhaps what other commenters are saying is that they just didn't enjoy it or were bored, not that the film itself is badly made.
  • InfamousHugo
    May 15, 2008
    Do people really lack intelligence or is it that they absolutely need giant robots to say a film is good ? This film is deep on so many levels, its a masterful piece of art, not some garbage piece of easy entertainment. Go get your brain when you left it last time you used it and try telling me this isnt such a good film. Im not saying you have to love it, but at least you cant deny its a great piece of cinema. By the way, Transformers ISNT. What kind of world do we live in ?
  • pavacri23
    April 23, 2008
    i still don't get the end. can someone explain it to me because that one of the weirdst end i have seen in my life.
  • GymNetic25
    April 22, 2008
    Unfortunately "No Country For Old Men" falls into the "All Hype and No Sizzle Trap". Although it gets kudos for going against the norm as being not like every other plot and character development. For instance, how you think that certain characters would play a main role and there would be some sort of big show down in the end. I myself would have like to seen "Into The Wild" as a contender for "Best Picture" at the Oscars. For the winner it should have been "Atonement".

    3 stars

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