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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Savor their technique and the sizzling performances of Frances McDormand as an adulterous wife, Dan Hedaya as her vengeful husband and M. Emmet Walsh as a private detective from hell. Read full review

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    All in all, Blood Simple looks better than ever. Read full review

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    If you are squeamish, here is the film to make you squeam. Read full review

  • 90
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    I love the movie's originality, its sense of macabre humor, its resourcefulness, and the great Walsh, whose memorable narration kicks off the movie. Read full review

  • 90
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    I love the unsettling details. Read full review

  • 89
    Austin Chronicle | Marjorie Baumgarten

    As good as it ever was, and improved slightly by hindsight, experience, and extra cash. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    Don't miss this opportunity to see a film that many believe started the renaissance of indie films as it was intended to be shown. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    Clever as it is, Blood Simple is derivative and self-consciously stylized. Read full review

  • 63
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    It is an exploitation picture disguised as a hipster comedy. Read full review

  • 50
    L.A. Weekly | Manohla Dargis

    On viewing, the cuts seem negligible, but what is new and clearly improved is the sound, which now booms with each door slam and gunshot. Read full review

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