Llewelyn Moss comes across a drug
deal gone wrong in the Texas desert, discovering a bag full of money. He takes
the money, never imagining the evil that will descend upon him to recover it.
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell tries to find Moss first before the vicious, murderous
Anton Chigurh gets to him.
The film is from auteurs the Coen
Brothers (who have also made the brilliant films Miller’s
Crossing, Fargo, The Big
Lebowski, O
Brother, Where Art Thou? and True Grit).
No Country for Old Men got them out of a bit of a rut, as their previous two
films (Intolerable
Cruelty and The
Ladykillers) represent the weakest of their career to date. Not only is No
Country for Old Men among their very best films, it also won four Oscars,
including Best Picture, Directing and Writing. The Coen Brothers worked with
their frequent collaborators composer Carter Burwell,
cinematographer Roger
Deakins and production designer Jess Gonchor
on the film.
The cast is excellent as well,
and works more as an ensemble. It features Tommy Lee Jones,
Javier Bardem
(who also won an Oscar for his work in the film), Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson,
Kelly
Macdonald, Garret
Dillahunt, and Stephen Root.
No Country for Old Men is the
best adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy
novel to date (although, I do think McCarthy’s original screenplay also produced
a great movie with The
Counselor). The film is a modern western dealing with the nature of evil,
fate and corruption of the modern world. It is built around wonderful
performances (Bardem in particular creates one of the decade’s most iconic
villains in Anton Chigurh), beautiful aesthetics and sharp writing. The Coen
Brothers’ trademark dialog is just as fantastically witty as ever. The film is
graphic and funny, something that few are able to pull off in a serious piece.
It is a must-see for fans of the Coen Brothers and westerns. It is among the
very best films of the last decade.
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