Overrated

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2007)

This film has been greatly overrated. Just think, how many films have involved a person inadvertently coming across drug money (or any other maguffin) and has been chased those seeking it. e.g. A Simple Plan. Concedingly the film is suspenseful because of the marvelous stoic performance by Javier Bardem, but otherwise it is pure formula film-making. It could have easily been an 1870 Texas western or a 1980s slasher movie. I certainly admire the Coen brothers talent, particularly Blood Simple and Fargo, but this film is nothing original. So, please step back an view the film in relation to dozens of other films involving the same plot line or moral message (if any) and re-evaluate it.