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  • Blood Simple
  • Opened July 7, 1984 | Runtime:1 hr. 37 min.
  • R
    Gory Violence
  • "Blood Simple" was the first feature film from Joel and Ethan Coen. This is the newly restored and re-edited director's cut of the film, introduced by Mortimer Young. The stylish crime thriller premiered at film festivals in 1984. "Blood Simple" Read More
  • Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams
  • Director: Joel Coen
  • Genres: Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller, Crime

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  • 100
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Savor their technique and the sizzling performances of Frances McDormand as an...

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    All in all, Blood Simple looks better than ever.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

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

  • 90
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    I love the movie's originality, its sense of macabre humor, its...

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