Rating of
2/4
No Country, No Sense
Mr. Storm - wrote on 04/21/08
Sadly, this film is incredibly overrated. Admittedly, I was going into this film with high expectations, as I think highly of the Coen Brothers. But this film fails on many fronts. Javier Bardem was wonderful in a complex role as Anton, but that was the only bright spot in a pretty boring farce that left a bad taste in my mouth. The story was barely held together in a narrative that defied intelligence on many levels, as character after character kept coming up with completely inexplicable solutions to everything. That, combined with the uselessness of a few characters (especially a huge waste of Tommy Lee Jones), makes this film the most overrated of the year.
You read reviews by film critics and you wonder what film it was they watched, because this one was incredibly undeserving of the high praise it got. Watch for Bardem's great performance, but skip if you want to be entertained and engaged.
