glad I rented/watched on amazon prime, many images will stick with me though I won't tag it best of year twas important to educate myself a bit more re the Coen Bros & Frances McDormand's body-of-work

2021 movie #156. 1984. A tale of martial infidelity gone very bad (like in multiple murders gone bad) in small town Texas. The Coen brothers debut. Also Frances McDormand first movie. Pretty good. ( )

Maybe a little over the top, but nonetheless utterly unnerving. ( )

A husband gets murdery when his wife leaves him.

I was skeptical for the first half of the movie. It's slow to get going, and looks and feels very low budget. But once the suspense really starts to kick in, it's crazy great. The Coens hadn't got their voice yet (it feels more like a Hitchcock film than a Coen Brothers film, if Hitchcock had been an American in the 1980s), but none-the-less they sure knew what they were doing.

Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B

Enjoyment: A

GPA: 3.2/4 ( )