Blood Simple

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 39m
  • 82

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Joel Coen

Producer:

Ethan Coen, Daniel F. Bacaner

Writer:

Ethan Coen

Release Date:

Jan 18, 1985

Runtime:

1hr 39m

Synopsis

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.

Cast

  • John Getz
  • Frances McDormand
  • M. Emmet Walsh
  • Dan Hedaya
  • Samm-Art Williams
  • Deborah Neumann
  • Señor Marco
  • William Creamer

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82
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Based on 32 Critics
8.3

USER SCORE (106)

Universal acclaim based on 106 Reviews
100

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

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
100

It's like watching Alfred Hitchcock try to solve a Rubik's cube in a roadside diner.

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Metacritic review by Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown
New York Post
88

This is not an inspirational drama about finding yourself; it's a Hitchcockian comedy about adultery, murder and losing a corpse.

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Metacritic review by Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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