No Country for Old Men
There’s something biblical at play in Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-winning adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s parable of good, evil and the vast in between. Like the novel about a laconic Texan, a suitcase full of drug money and the ever-dying American West, “No Country for Old Men” unfolds with a deft respect for silence and empty spaces. It’s 1980. The drug trade flourishes. Killer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) has been hired to retrieve $2 million from Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), who picked it up from amid dead and dying drug dealers. Brolin is terrific as Llewelyn. Kelly Macdonald approaches understated perfection as his wife, Carla Jean Moss. Spanish actor Bardem is quietly monstrous as Chigurh. The Minnesota-bred Coen brothers’ appreciation of Great Northern regionalism has given way to novelist McCarthy’s grasp of American destiny made manifest. What humor there is comes from Sheriff Bell’s (Tommy Lee Jones) wisdom. This movie is stunning. R. 2 hours, 2 minutes. Released today.
Bee Movie
Jerry Seinfeld’s venture into the world of animated comedy successfully breaks new ground for him while reminding us why his sitcom was one of the funniest programs in TV history. Absurd enough to delight kids, overstuffed with verbal and visual in-jokes for grown-ups, it’s a 90-minute joy ride that barely pauses for breath. This is unquestionably the best movie that ever began as a bad pun. Seinfeld plays a bee who is curious about life outside the hive and falls in love with a human florist. PG. 1 hour, 30 minutes. Released today.
Dan in Real Life
Dan hasn’t done much dating since his wife died. He’s a bit overprotective of the other girls in his life. He won’t let Jan drive, even though she has her license. He does his best to keep hormonal 15-year-old Cara in check. And what parenting he has left is simply tolerated by his angelic fourth-grader, Lily. They go to his family’s annual get-together in New England. Enter Marie. Played at a dizzy pitch by Juliette Binoche, an actress not known for goofy, she is a worldly, free-spirited delight and his brother’s “date.” PG-13. 1 hour, 35 minutes. Released today.
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