Airtight, flawless piece of work.

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2008)

No Country for Old Men is one of those films that lingers for days, forcing one to reflect and come to terms with this brilliantly executed work of art. The Coen Brothers have come a long way from Raising Arizona, and return to the Southwest to present a more mature tale of morality and despair, of decent people confronted and consumed by dark forces.
It's a kind of synthesis of John Ford and David Lynch, and yet wholly original: tense, taut, and deceptively simple. Barren landscapes, terse dialog, music used only to punctuate, action that quietly leads one in, then smashes them in the face.
The usual Coen droll, laconic style is still there...but no longer the inside-joke, or the wry social commentary. This time its more purposeful, more profound, bordering on nihilism. Other films seem insipid by comparison.
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