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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - No Country for Old Men
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List Price: $29.99
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Manufacturer: Miramax
Starring: Javier Bardem, Rodger Boyce, Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin, Beth Grant
Directed By: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936746754
Format: Color
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-03-11
Running Time: 122
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-11-21
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 million. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On the way from El Paso to Mexico, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh (an eerily calm Javier Bardem). Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way--or loses a coin toss (as far as he's concerned, bad luck is grounds for death). Just as Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells (Woody Harrelson), is on his. For most of the movie, Moss remains one step ahead of his nemesis. Both men are clever and resourceful--except Moss has a conscience, Chigurh does not (he is, as McCarthy puts it, "a prophet of destruction"). At times, the film plays like an old horror movie, with Chigurh as its lumbering Frankenstein monster. Like the taciturn terminator, No Country for Old Men doesn't move quickly, but the tension never dissipates. This minimalist masterwork represents Joel and Ethan Coen and their entire cast, particularly Brolin and Jones, at the peak of their powers. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I liked it
Comment: I didn't really get this movie, or understand why it deserves all the awards it has gotten so far. The action scenes involving an insane murderer going around killing people in graphic style was interesting to the natural horror fan inside of me, but understanding the point of all this went CLEAR over my head. I can't blame the movie for that- only blame myself for not getting it, which explains why I'm giving the album a very good rating (a 4 out of 5).
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Summary: The Coen's near masterpiece
Comment: Like their debut film, "Blood Simple", this dark film noir is set in Texas but unlike that film the ending leaves you perturbed. Perhaps what they're saying by the ending is that evil will always persist in this world no matter what ends you do to eliminate it. Again, it's definitely a matter of intepretation but I found this film deserving of the Best Picture of the year at the Oscars. The great Spanish actor Javier Badem deserved to win for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pure evil and Josh Brolin gave a career making performance as the pursued. Also the breathtaking cinematography of Roger Deakins deserves mention and I will definitely re-see this film on Blu-ray. I guess what prevents me from giving this fine film a full 5 stars is of course, the ending but don't let that prevent you from seeing this excellent film. Perhaps the Coen's best film to date since "Fargo".
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Summary: Better than i heard
Comment: I enjoyed this movie throughout, had some interesting characters in it and was pretty decent. You'll either love or hate this film, probably because of how it ended.
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Summary: no country for this ending
Comment: The only reason i did not give this movie 5 stars was because of the ending.this was a great movie from start to finish. plenty of action and every body gets killed my favorite kind of movie;there are really no heroes to root for. the end leaves you hanging so i guess there will be a part two or something.
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Summary: No Country for Old Men with Tommy Lee Jones
Comment: One strange movie but not boring.
As a mother/grandmother, I'd lock this one away from the kids.
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