Joel and Ethan Coen's acclaimed debut feature is a crime noir thriller starring John Getz and Frances McDormand that took...
Joel and Ethan Coen's acclaimed debut feature is a crime noir thriller starring John Getz and Frances McDormand that took top prize at Sundance.
When the owner of a small-town Texas dive bar (Emmy-winner Dan Hedaya) learns that his wife (McDormand) is having affair with one of his employees (Getz), he hires a private investigator (M. Emmet Walsh) and devises a plot to have the couple murdered.
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94 %110 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %39,394 reviewsAudience score rating
"An inordinately good low-budget film noir thriller."
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Variety
Variety"With their 1984 directorial debut, the Coen brothers showed the surefootedness with which they would ease themselves into one genre after another, reworking each to fit their deadpan vision."
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Total Film
Total Film"It isn't really about anything except making a commercial narrative movie outside the industry."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"A gripping, drum-tight noir masterpiece to compare with Touch of Evil."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Watching this beautiful restoration of "Blood Simple" I was actually struck by how non-bleak it is, how much the strength of the film lies in images of beauty, defiance and survival."
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Salon
Salon""Blood Simple" becomes a dazzling comedie noire, a dynamic, virtuoso display by a couple of talented fledgling filmmakers who give the conventions of the genre such a thorough workout that the result is a movie that's fresh and exhilarating."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"One of the great debut features of modern times."
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Award winner- Winner of the Grand Jury Prize, 1985 Sundance Film Festival
- Runtime
- 97
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
