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Metascore
39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversJoel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel is an indisputably great movie, at this point the year's very best.
- 100VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA scorching blast of tense genre filmmaking shot through with rich veins of melancholy, down-home philosophy and dark, dark humor, No Country for Old Men reps a superior match of source material and filmmaking talent.
- 100Village VoiceScott FoundasVillage VoiceScott FoundasThe most measured, classical film of their (Coen Brothers) 23-year career, and maybe the best.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe breath of cinematic life, though, the sensibility, the energy, belong to Joel and Ethan Coen, and this is their stirring success.
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinIt’s a near masterpiece.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's the most ambitious and impressive Coen film in at least a decade, featuring the flat, sun-blasted landscapes of west Texas -- spectacularly shot by cinematographer Roger Deakins -- and an eerily memorable performance by Javier Bardem, in a Ringo Starr haircut.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt’s mostly an off-kilter road trip that accomplishes what the Coens do best - seamlessly merging drama, violence, and quirky humor into a whole.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAs pure craftsmanship, No Country for Old Men is as good as we’ve ever gotten from Joel and Ethan Coen. Only “Fargo” is more satisfying (it’s also a comedy, which this one isn’t).
- 80The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Coens' typically superior filmmaking sustains the electrifying mood for most of the picture, but they are undone by being too faithful to the source novel by Cormac McCarthy.
- 70The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneBeyond question a return to the dark, simmering days of their best work, in “Blood Simple” and “Miller’s Crossing.”