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Cinematic
16Oct11
I must be the only Coen's fan who thinks that neither Miller's Crossing nor Fargo are their strongest efforts. This film has too many uneven subplots that distract the film from its core. It has the elegance, the style, the witty dialogs... But not the depth. The relationship with Marcia Gay Harden it's also rather cold. Lot of verbalization about feelings; lacks the real presence of them.
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Berjuan
27May11
Well made like most Cohen films I've seen, but it fails go beyond good entertainment. Good entertainment is not easy to do, but you expect more from those who can deliver.
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ruby stevens
14Mar11
the ending is an homage to the third man. funeral for a man who pretended to be dead.
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
26Nov10
The Coen Bros. first masterpiece is a twisting tale of murder and double crosses in prohibition-era America. The attention to detail here is absolutely stunning from the script to the dialogue to the cinematography and all performances are top notch. However it's such a dense film, it's hard to get into, but extremely rewarding for the attentive viewer.
Martin Florio
1Jul10
Great movie. Saw it in theaters when it was released and 20 years later it's still great.
Daniel S.
6May10
The gangster genre revisited by the Coen brothers. Bursts of violence around a quiet cool-zen guy. Scenes that are already part of movie history like Albert-Terminator-Finney's murder attempt or the Byrne/Turturro's face to face at Miller's Crossing. Great supporting cast and superb musical score by Carter Burwell. One of the best dream sequences ever shot. Almost a masterpiece.
Emery Snyder
31Dec09
This is my favorite film of all time. It works on every level. I can catch 10 - 20 minutes of it with commercials on cable and be perfectly entertained with every scene. Or I can lock myself in my room and stare at the screen, analyzing every frame. I will always love this flick.
Byron Brubaker
30Nov09
I love the Coen Brothers' recreation of period detail. The gangster jargon is so thick at times that I had trouble following the plot at the beginning. I particularly liked Harden's and Turturro's performances. The movie looks handsome as the cinematographer says the Coens wanted it to look. It's about a man looking out only for his own survival amidst his violent world where double and triple crosses are prevalent.
Francis
21Oct09
A film in which too many scenes come across as antiseptic. I'm not sure if the ending was as bad as the one from The Departed, but it was a major letdown with multiple, contrived killings of a bunch of fellas in a very short period of time seemingly for the sake of getting to the end.
Phil Worfel
12Aug09
So beautiful it's painful. Gabriel Byrne is perfectly cast and Albert Finney is awesome in the shootout that should end his life. Great Coen movie and well deserving of its praise.