Review of No Country for Old Men (2007) by Hardy C — 03 Dec 2014

I can't put this any other way; "No Country for Old Men" is the best movie of all time. I watched it four times and each time saw something different, a new nuance that transformed the characters into metaphysical metaphors for good, evil and the commingling of the two into the banal.

Of course, Bardem's Chigurh is a new definition of menace, social rejection and the arbitrary, a chaotic figure who makes his own rules with the same ruthless logic of a sudden bolt of lightning or an earthquake.

The Jones and Brolin characters are both his prey and his embodiment; where does one end and the other begin? The final act will disappoint those filmgoers accustomed to the linear "justice" that exists only in American fantasies.

But Jones' soliloquy frames his dreams with his reality. It's up to you to decide which is which.