Similar to their previous film, A Man Who Wasn’t There, Larry is invisible. Is it a Jewish comedy or a film about existentialism? Joel Coen once said, “ It's a funny thing people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow - that to me is kind of inexplicable.” A Serious Man exists to make you think and put yourself in the shoes of Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg). It’s quite difficult to pin down what exactly A Serious Man is trying to be. Even though the film has its big defenders, there’s nothing that stands out about Hudsucker except pure annoyance. The 1930s caricatures set in the 1950s made for a confusing and uncomfortable setup.
With the cinematography and set design, the film is very much style over substance. The Coens tried very hard to set the scene, but it just wasn’t interesting. Unlike the Coens’ other movies, The Hudsucker Proxy is much simpler in tone and story. Unfortunately for the greedy businessmen, his creation of the hula hoop makes him beloved by the press and people. Tim Robbins plays Norville Barnes, a naive business school graduate who gets promoted to president to (unknowingly) be a part of a stock market scam. Its PG rating makes it one of the more innocent projects they’ve ever made. The Hudsucker Proxy is the closest that the Coens will ever come to a family film. The only reason to watch it is to watch Thornton act like he’s in a Bogart film. It was painfully slow and the ending is confusing the first time around. Because the Coens tried to make the film look authentic as possible, the script lacked in terms of pace and narrative. He wants to blackmail his wife’s lover (James Gandolfini) for money to start his own dry cleaning business.īoth Gandolfini and Frances McDormand (who plays the wife) give Thornton great support, but even they can’t save the plot. He’s monotone and emotionless, only letting the audience in through his voiceovers. We don’t know anything about the lead man, Ed Crane (Thornton).
Billy Bob Thornton was made for the genre and the lack of color elevates the shadows on his hollow face. The Man Who Wasn’t There is an indicator that the Coens should film in black and white more often. Its needlessly complex plot throws a lot of viewers into the loop and sometimes requires a mental road map just to keep up. However, Burn After Reading doesn’t hold up that well. With the film No Country For Old Men coming out the year before, it was going to be hard to top it so soon. And even though she wasn’t thought of at first, Swinton did a fantastic job as usual. J.K Simmons and Brad Pitt are on fire in some of their best performances. The Coens wrote every single character with their actor in mind (with the exception of Tilda Swinton), so it makes sense that they feel so right. It’s an anti-spy thriller comedy with a bunch of big name actors that did nothing more than jump around and have as much fun as possible. Simmons’ delivery was by far the best part of the film and even took away from Hanks’ spotlight.īurn After Reading is fun because it doesn’t seem to take itself too seriously. He then goes into a huge spiel about how IBS needs more awareness in the world and even goes as far as talking about “Irritable Bowel Singles” meetups. One of the few good scenes was when Garth (J.K Simmons) has his IBS triggered while the heist is happening. It didn’t have any of that Coen charm or individuality and instead felt like a typical comedy.
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The “muscle” of the group was a football player who was hit one too many times in the head, and their “inside man” was Marlon Wayans, seemingly reprising his role from the Scary Movie franchise. Tom Hanks’ southern, Edgar Allan Poe get-up was fun, but most of the characters were either cliche or forgettable. But when she inadvertently finds out about the robbery, their plans switch to murdering her. Hall) apartment so that they can burrow underneath her house to get the gold. With the help of his crew, they rent a room in an old lady’s (Irma P. Tom Hanks makes his debut in a Coen film as Professor G.H Dorr-a charming gentleman who is planning to rob a casino. Considered the Coens’ biggest (and only?) dud, The Ladykillers is an example of a remake gone very wrong.
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