Joel and Ethan Coen finally struck gold with this Oscar winner featuring a scarily wonderful Javier Bardem as a ruthless killer.[SPOILER PARAGRAPH] Bardem is trying to track down a bag of money that was stolen from the site of a drug delivery gone bad. The (un)lucky guy who found the money at first tries to run and then to fight back. His sheriff is on his tail too, as are the people who owned the money to begin with. What will happen?
Everything in this movie is of the highest quality: acting (besides Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin are excellent), cinematography, editing, screenplay, direction, so it most definitely deserved its Best Picture Oscar win. Bardem was also awarded an Oscar, for Best Supporting Actor, while the Coen brothers won for direction, production and screenplay. Quite the trifecta.
The thing I liked the most was that, typical of the Coen brand, the movie didn't follow the Hollywood canon of how a movie should be made, with a beginning, a middle and an end, all plainly explained, a resolution to every thread and a happy ending. The Coens aren't afraid to break mold and usually come out with pretty interesting products. This is one of their best.
Don't miss it.
Grade: 9
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