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GenreCrime, Drama & Thriller
RatedR
Runtime2 hr 2 mins
ReleasedNovember 9, 2007
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorJoel Coen, Ethan Coen
StarringTommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
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| No Country for Old Men's Details | |
| Genre | Crime, Drama & Thriller |
| Rated | R |
| Released | 05/19/2007 (Cannes); 11/09/2007 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 2 mins |
| Budget | $25M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | No Country for Old Men 2005 novel by Cormac McCarthy |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| No Country for Old Men's Interests | |
| General | Coin tosses, satchels of cash, cheap motels, tracking devices, one very bad haircut. |
| Music | Carter Burwell, keeping it so quiet you barely notice there is a score at all. |
| Movies | Fargo (1996). Coens again, snow instead of desert, same terrible decisions. |
| Television | Breaking Bad. Another regular guy who should have left the money alone. |
| Heroes | Sheriff Ed Tom Bell. Tired, decent, and tells a great story. |
| No Country for Old Men's Crew | |
| Director | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Writers | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Producers | Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Music | Carter Burwell |
| Edited By | Roderick Jaynes |
| Production | Miramax Films, Paramount Vantage, Scott Rudin Productions, Mike Zoss Productions |
| Distributed By | Miramax Films (United States), Paramount Pictures (International) |
West Texas, 1980. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is out hunting pronghorn when he stumbles onto a desert standoff that nobody walked away from, plus a case holding two million dollars. He takes it. That one choice puts him in the path of Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a quiet hitman with a terrible haircut and a coin he likes to flip. Aging Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) follows the trail and keeps arriving a step behind, while Llewelyn's wife Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald) waits at home. Joel and Ethan Coen direct. One hundred twenty-two minutes, call it, friendo.
Anyone who can call a coin toss under pressure. Heads, probably.
You’re going to hate how No Country for Old Men ends the first time, and you’re going to be wrong. The Coen brothers made a chase movie and then quietly refused to hand over the showdown every chase movie promises. Before that, though, it’s close to flawless. Javier Bardem’s Anton Chigurh flips a coin at a gas station and turns small talk into the scariest scene of its decade. There’s barely any music, so every footstep and creaking door lands like a dropped plate. Josh Brolin plays Llewelyn as a guy who’s smart, just not nearly smart enough. Tommy Lee Jones carries the whole thing on pure weariness and a few long stories. The honest problem is that last stretch: it trades thrills for a meditation on getting old, and plenty of people feel cheated. It made $171.6 million worldwide on a reported $25M budget. A 9.4 because every scene is built like a trap. $128 says somebody in your house calls heads or tails this week and you flinch.
What works: Bardem’s Chigurh, the gas station coin toss, and a near-silent soundtrack that makes every footstep land.
What doesn’t: The last stretch drops the chase for a slow meditation on aging, and a lot of viewers walk away feeling cheated.
Who it’s for: People who like their thrillers patient and their villains quiet, and anyone ready to argue about an ending.
Spoilers
Llewelyn is killed offscreen by a different crew, not Chigurh, so the showdown never happens. Chigurh walks away from a car crash hurt but free, and Ed Tom, now retired, closes the movie describing two dreams about his late father.
| Tommy Lee Jones | Ed Tom Bell |
| Javier Bardem | Anton Chigurh |
| Josh Brolin | Llewelyn Moss |
| Woody Harrelson | Carson Wells |
| Kelly Macdonald | Carla Jean Moss |
| Garret Dillahunt | Wendell |
| Tess Harper | Loretta Bell |
| Barry Corbin | Ellis |
| Stephen Root | Man Who Hires Wells |
| Rodger Boyce | El Paso Sheriff |
| Beth Grant | Carla Jean's Mother |
| Ana Reeder | Poolside Woman |
| Matt Geistler | Poolside Man |
| Josh Blaylock and Caleb Jones | Boys on Bikes |
| Gene Jones | Gas Station Proprietor |
| Kathy Lamkin | Desert Aire Manager |
| Matthew Posey | Sporting Goods Clerk |
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