very good but too long

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2007)

The Coens craft another excellent study in the randomness and ruthlessness of crime but this time they should have used a little more knife.
The entire section involving 'Carson Wells' could be cut with no significant impact to the movie. This would take the run time down to somewhere around a tight 90 minutes and greatly improve the overall effect.
Also, the lack of closure while daring does not produce a good ending. Unlike 'Blood Simple' or 'Fargo' where bad things happen to bad people, 'No Country' just ends with characters going on (or not).