The Man Who Wasn't There
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Universal acclaim- based on 51 Ratings
- Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand
- Summary: Set in 1949, this film from Joel and Ethan Coen is a tale of passion, crime and punishment, all presented in glorious black-and-white. (USA Films)
- Director: Ethan Coen
- Genre(s): Drama, Crime
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Positive: 27 out of 33
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Mixed: 4 out of 33
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Negative: 2 out of 33
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100Like all the Coens' movies, "Man" is supremely self-aware and darkly, hellishly funny. It's also brilliantly written and acted to a fare-thee-well by an outrageously good cast.
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80This fastidiously hyperreal neo-noir suggests a sadder but wiser remake of the Coens' rambunctious debut, "Blood Simple."
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60Thornton seems born to play the sort of slow-witted poet of the mundane that the Coens find worthy of their condescending affection.
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38Isn't serious enough to fulfill its ambitions, or funny enough to compensate for its failures.
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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