| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"A stunningly assured piece of moviemaking from the Coen brothers..." more... |
A |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...as good a film as the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have ever made..." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"No reason for you to skip this brilliant thriller." more... |
A |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...the first Coen script that respects its own characters wholeheartedly, without a wink." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"The Coens have matured into deft directors of small action in haunted set pieces..." more... |
B+ |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"An intense, nihilistic thriller as well as a model of implacable storytelling..." more... |
A |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the first movie I've seen in a very long while that deserves to be called a masterpiece." more... |
A |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...At its center is a figure of evil so calm, so extreme, so implacable that to hear his voice is to feel the temperature in the theater drop." more... |
A |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The Coens know how a thing or two about pacing, and it's relentless here." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...an indisputably great movie, at this point the year's very best." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"...strong, evocative storytelling pared to the bone and braced with a sensibility perfectly matched to the material." more... |
A |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...suspenseful, bleak and haunting." more... |
A- |
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