Pulled me in completely

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2008)

I have liked the Coen brothers since Blood Simple, and consider Raising Arizona and Fargo all-time classics. NCFOM is the best film they've done. I was hooked in the first couple of minutes and stayed that way until the credits rolled, and two seconds before the credits rolled I thought, "It should end right here." And it did. And behind me a young lady said she wanted her money back, and lot's of reviewers had the same experience. This is a movie you either get, or you just don't. And if you don't, you should read the novel. But you probably won't. And it's a shame, because the Coens were true to the book, and it would have ruined the movie to give it a sappy "Die Hard" ending. This film is a gritty, gripping masterpiece.