Customer Reviews
Read the book instead - By: Hornpipe, 06 Oct 2008 
Watched this recently, have to agree with some of the other reviews on here, very disappointing. Some great performances, notably oscar winner Javier Bardem, but a difficult film to follow if you haven't read the book.
Do yourself a favour, & do just that. Cormac McCarthy is one of the greatest living writersin the English language.
Let's hope the forthcoming adaption of his book 'The Road' fares better...
A film for old men, and anyone else with at least a decade of life experience. - By: Richard, 03 Oct 2008 
Strange that so many reviewers take a jab at the film because of the ending. The quiet ending *was* the point. The Sheriff was irrelevantin this new, more violent time,in his heyday he was used to cuffing kids around the ear rather than booking them, & then seeing them generally turn into decent adults. But Javier Bardem's character, Anton Chigurh, is the personification of this new breed of "bad guy" that does deals outin the no-mans-land of the US/Mexican border areas. Remorseless & bereft of conscience, he sees murder simply as a means to an end. Against this new breed of criminal, the Sheriff is now an irrelevance, just so much chaff to be thrown to the winds of time. He couldn't standin the way of these new criminals for a moment, & he knows it. This film is about the investigation that finally broke him, the couple he couldn't save, & which resultsin his handingin his badge, decamping with his wife to a safer, quieter spot & finally admitting that he is outmatched.
Those who didn't read the book beforehand (I'd read it 2 years previously) were probably takenin by the action scenesin the various clips & teasers, & expected a full-on action adventure.
For me, the film was faultless. The cinematography excellent, the dialogue true to the book, including some parts of the book I laughed aloud to read, e.g. "It's a mess, ain't it". "well, if it ain't, it'll do 'til the mess gets here". There was nothing here to dislike. Characterisation was excellent, the acting likewise, usually completely loose & natural.
So, if you were one of those that didn't like the ending, please don't blame the film. Read the book while you're waiting for the film release, & don't be takenin by trailersin future.
frustrating ending - By: bigby, 03 Oct 2008 as usual a well made film, but nothing really to it, didn't really care about anyone, they didn't seem to have proper characters & the end was a complete cop out.
A Rough Diamond - By: AJ-27, 29 Sep 2008 
This film has some superb performances & some stunning cinematography with some very good action sequences.
The problem is that there are several parts of the film that move at an incredibly slow pace. I'm not here looking for an outright no-brainer action film, & I enjoy character driven films but this film is just too slowin parts.
William Butler Yates - By: Brendan O. Clarke, 27 Sep 2008 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is so old & tired it can't get out of it's own way. It doesn't even struggle to its feetin order to at least end well. After a couple of tedious hours of the bad guy dragging about a cattle gun attached to a compressed air tank, the Coen brothers are so pleased with themselves, they decide to insult the audience with nothing more clever or novel than a blank screen ending. I was, however, relieved it was over.
I understand the existential angst of the film. The Coen's do portray convincingly the aching despair, hopelessness, & helplessness of the human condition. They point to the gathering storm & darkness on the horizon. Unfortunately, this particular film does not illuminate. I want to tell them that they got it wrong & it's okay; the end has been written; evil is vanquished & the prince of darkness loses.
