Why do so many Coen brothers movies involve dead guys and a bag full of money?
This movie is about three things: Temptation, cynicism and evil. Evil, evil, evvvvillll!
And it's bleak. It's dark. It's vicious. And it's as sparse as the wind-swept West Texas landscape where it's set.
There is not a spot of humor to relieve all the darkness. And ultimately, nothing the good guys do (and good guys is a relative term here) makes any difference. It's almost nihilistic -- don't go if you're already depressed.
Two things stood out for me -- Tommy Lee Jones was absolutely perfect, as always, as the beaten-down sheriff. And Javier Bardin was creepy, psycho creepy as Anton. Given that he goes through the movie with a haircut that would not look out of place on a Monkee, that's saying something.
Good movie, but crazy depressing.
Dark, dark, DARK.
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