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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20

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  1. RickJ.G.
    Aug 21, 2003
    10
    There must have been at least a decade time gap between my viewing of the original and the director's cut, so I have no idea what is different about the two versions. My impression of this great movie was not changed in the least by this version of it. One of the great American movies.
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  2. PatC.
    Jan 12, 2004
    8
    Vintage Coen. Their style is too quirky and volatile to manufacture a reliable product. They go too far into themselves in their creative process to step back and evaluate their ongoing work. Good thing I'm here. Fargo & Raising Arizona were superior efforts. You can see their better influences in this early work. Definitely not for all tastes, but I say Go with it.
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  3. RyanM.
    Sep 14, 2001
    10
    A pre-ordering to "Fargo" and "The Usual Suspects" that makes you sqiurm in your seats while you're completely riveted in every way--one of the ten greatest thrillers of all-time!
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  4. BeauF.
    Aug 27, 2002
    10
    I never saw the original version, but the Director's Cut is incredibly good. M. Emmet Walsh as you've never seen him!
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  5. YoonC.
    Sep 14, 2003
    7
    An indie movie that showed alot of promise and cleverness, and for better or worse, anticipated both the talent and shortcomings of the Coen Brothers in their successive films. It's at its best with the oddball private detective around and mostly rudimentary regurgitation of noir coventions with the other three principals.
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  6. BillC
    Aug 29, 2009
    7
    A movie that doesn't follow a set pattern and you never know what is next. Bravo!
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  7. R.Yacuk
    Nov 23, 2001
    10
    Great. Tense. Unpredictable. Absolutely no cliches. Reaks of Hitchcock, yet not deliberately.
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  8. CameronS.
    Jul 21, 2004
    10
    Beautiful in the most unconventional way, "Blood Simple" is one of two odes the Coen's do - film noir. Every silhouette is atmospheric, and the all events unfold with all due interest like an engaging pulp novel, with the characters in situations that they know how they got into but have no idea how to get out.
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  9. J.RyanG.
    Jun 17, 2005
    9
    Like "Fargo" and "Raising Arizona," and unlike just about every other deliriously overrated Coen movie, this one is stripped down to its twisted soul. It exposes people who are at their worst regardless of the place or time of day - and aren't there so many of them walking the earth! One can see from this early film that the Coens had Orson Wellesian potential, though it was only seen again (and fully realized) in "Fargo."… Expand
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Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    90
    I love the movie's originality, its sense of macabre humor, its resourcefulness, and the great Walsh, whose memorable narration kicks off the movie.
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  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    63
    It is an exploitation picture disguised as a hipster comedy.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    90
    I love the unsettling details.
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