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James

1Jan12

Up there with Kane as far as unprecedentedly perfect debut features go. I'd be surprised if the Coens put out a film as lean, mean, and pungent as this at this point in their career. Masterpiece.

Zach Gutierrez

17Sep11

Great little film. It's nice to see how far they have come.

Brian O'blivion

31Aug11

John Getz does his best to ruin the whole movie. Otherwise the cast is great.

meancreek

3Jun11

One of the most underrated Coens films. I really like it.

Dave

24May11

The Coens' neo-noir debut and a strong one at that. It's a "creeper" of a film, one that is likely to pull you back in to re-watch.

I was finally able to add this film to my collection. I think it was one of the only Coen Brothers' movies I didn't have. Fortunately for me, unfortunately for them, Blockbuster is closing down two locations near my house. I have been going to each one every few days and I'm finding great deals and even mis-marked blu-rays for $4.99. Anyway...Blood Simple for $1.99 was hard to pass up.

G. W. Elmer

23Feb11

Easily favorite Coen Bros. film

AntioneOscar69

6Feb11

The roots of arguably the greatest pair of directors of their era; a brutal, twisty, neo-noir classic

Llawrence

2Jan11

After watching so many of Coen's work, I didn't expect this movie to be "normal" in a bad way. Right before this, I watched Raising Arizona and I enjoyed that. Blood Simple caught me off guard. It's the most brutal of all Coen movies, but it's sadistic sometimes also. I enjoyed it's pure brutal thinking. Very realistic . Humor has a strong presence.. I'm not sure it's greatness,but its great fun.

Rohit Apte

10Dec10

Blood Simple has astonished me for some complicated reason which I find tough to elaborate. All I could think of when the movie ended was that I wanted to watch this again as soon as possible!

Pedro

7Nov10

Noir-ish: when Ray was lying down in the dark it reminded me of Burt Lancaster in "The Killers" - and I wonder if David Lynch was paying tribute to this movie when he shot "Lost Highway".

Harry Rossi

28Sep10

A great start for two of the greatest directors of all time!

Nosada

16May10

recommended

Daniel S.

16Apr10

How to shoot a Film Noir in 1984 ? Ask the Coen brothers, they dit it. With class. They just added to the classic recipe an ounce of black humor, two drops of unrealism, a pinch of brogue and some variations about the word "Blood" which is not as simple as one could imagine. Shake a little, allow to simmer gently during 94 minutes and you'll get the near perfect spaghetti Film Noir. Highly recommended.