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1Aug11
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Tigrane
4Mar12
I usually find that voice overs are a very lazy way to tell a script, but this one may be the greatest exception. It's so well written, and it's fascinating to watch it a second time knowing the references to Camus.
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Legend Logsdon
11Jan12
I love the story. The acting was great. I especially loved the Film Noir style and the cinematography that went along with that was excellent.
Emile Tremblay
2Nov11
Quite good and liberally-adapted screenplay of Camus' «L'étranger» that eventually really goes along the Coen brothers' style. The cinematography is simply gorgeous and adds to a film that borrows a lot to the film noir genre. And it does so in a magistral way.
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Jared Sanders
1Oct11
Fantastic. Must be a love letter to the 1950's... the sets, the cigarettes, the wrong man at the wrong place at the wrong man, the cinematography, the wit in the dialogue... or it's a love letter to David Lynch, which is strange (both received the "Best Director Award" at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001). This film is a must see. Highly underrated.
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Andrew
26Mar11
incredibly boring. no amount of coen cool can elevate this dreck. gandolfini's character gives it an extra star. 2/5
BrianFromConcentrate
13Feb11
This will always be one of my favorite films done in B&W...and one of my favorite Coen Brothers' pictures as well. See it if you haven't.
Christopher Bentley Owen
9Feb11
I wasn't really into this one. If Miller's Crossing (my favorite Coen film) was their Hammett tribute, and Lebowski their Chandler homage, then this was their crack at Jim Thomson. But Thomson knew when to end his stories, whereas this one seemed to drag in its third act. 3 of 5
Michael Gildea
13Sep10
Not my favorite work of The Coens, but it was absolutely beautiful. The scene on the porch with the shadows off the branches was as haunting as it was beautiful.
Daniel S.
30May10
With this film, the Coen brothers go on exploring the Noir world. This time, they focus on the hero without giving to his social environment the importance and impact we find in FARGO for instance and also without the visual excesses and prowess ,that made them famous, of BLOOD SIMPLE or MILLER'S CROSSING. You don't recognize the Coen brothers's style in THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, in fact the style of the film is rather anonymous and you don't even smile once. On the other hand, they managed to create with success the atmosphere of a film Noir that seems to have been shot in the early 50's. Highly recommended.
Geoffrey Thomas
6Feb10
One of their more moody pieces, I enjoyed the black humor and the nonsensical world this noir inhabited.
Edwin N
2Jan10
An excellent salute to 40s Film Noir, a whole lot better than Polanski's "Chinatown". There isn't much to say about it, but the whole atmospheric feel of it hypnotized me. It's my favorite Coens brothers film. And Law, I don't know what it has to do with Camus, I'd say it's closer to Carver.
Murray Morison
18Feb09
Watched this on a plane some time ago. Beautifully shot in black and white with some wonderful acting by Billy Bob Thornton. Intriguing and entertaining without losing itself in obfuscation. Well worth watching.