Review of No Country for Old Men (2007) by Nebojsan. — 04 Mar 2008
Reading the reviews, there seems to be a clear divide between those who require their movie experience to be one where they can turn off their brains, go on autopilot and be spoonfed a neat little predictable package, and those who are bored by this approach and instead appreciate something with more depth and theme.
The poor reviews, almost without exception, complain about gratuitous violence, the early demise of the protagonist and especially the ending, which they perceive as a non-ending. In my opinion, the ending was perfect and brought home the whole point of the movie.
Any other "neat" ending that some folks seem to crave would have made this a completely different kind of movie - a movie of cheap, gratuitous violence - and I'm sure they would have loved it.
Basically, if you need everything spelled out for you in obvious, simplistic terms - you will hate this movie. Most everyone else will love it.
This review of No Country for Old Men (2007) was written by Nebojsan. on 04 Mar 2008.
No Country for Old Men has generally received very positive reviews.
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