As black, sinful and nasty as a weekful of Hitchcocks, this is as fresh and intoxicating now as it was back then. In a word: deadly.
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11/06/07
Blood Simple (1984)
98 %
Reviews Counted: 58 Fresh: 57 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: When a bar owner discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife, a complex web of deceit and double crosses ensues in a small Texas town. The Coen brothers' first picture is an intricately plotted film noir filled with surprises at each turn. The cast, largely unkown at the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams
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The pace can at times be a touch slow, but it's easy to see why the Coens allow certain scenes to simmer, especially when their actors are chewing up the screen as they do.
04/08/03
Top Critic
Blood Simple isn't bad, just self-consciously poky and austere -- a James M. Cain homage, rural-art-film division.
07/23/07
A stunning debut, and arguably one of the Coens' two best features, this Gothic noir introduced the wry, sardonic, and playful approach that would shape their future work, and launched the screen career of the brilliant Frances McDormand.
04/15/06
The script is so tight you can feel it screwing into the back of your neck.
04/07/06
The movie is as dark, ironic and fatalistically comic as modern film noir comes.
07/21/05
Com um estilo marcante já no filme de estréia, os irmãos Coen criam uma obra noir tensa, envolvente e que faz do absurdo uma de suas principais armas.
05/28/05
A good filmmaker can make grim material watchable, but it takes a great one (or two) to make it fun.
03/05/05
Black humor, abundant originality and a brilliant visual style make Joel Coen's Blood Simple, a directorial debut of extraordinary promise.
05/17/04
Top Critic
...for all its delirious impudence and film school showiness, it's so clearly a movie made by guys crazy about moviemaking.
02/21/04
Stylish shoestring noir, and an admirable filmmaking debut for the brothers Coen.
07/30/03
The Coens' complicated sense of the surreal is consistently entertaining, down to the fleeting, oddball cameos and distinctly weird scripting.
05/14/03
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04/08/03
This first Blood is worth a second look (or, of course, a first viewing) by fans who like their plot simple, bloody and completely engaging.
04/08/03
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04/08/03
Director Joel Coen and his co-screenwriting brother Ethan rarely miss a beat with their smart film noir dialogue and perfect little details...
04/08/03
A deliciously decadent, delightfully twisted and masterfully macabre tale.
04/08/03
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