The Man Who Wasn't There
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- Synopsis
- Set in a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There stars Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane, a humble barber who suspects his hard-hearted and hard-drinking wife Doris (Frances McDormand) of having ......
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- Director(s)
- Joel Coen
- Distributor(s)
- USA
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 116 min.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites
The Coens' plotting, with its suspense and reversals, is a source of amazement and delight.Read the full review
The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
The Coens have used the noir idiom to fashion a haunting, beautifully made movie that refers to nothing outside itself and that disperses like a vapor as soon as it's over.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites
You could say a lot about the very satisfying The Man Who Wasn't There, but what's for sure is that no one but the deadpan, dead-on Coen brothers could have turned it out.Read the full review
