Synopsis
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
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Cast
- John GetzRay
- Frances McDormandAbby
- Dan HedayaJulian Marty
- Samm-Art WilliamsMeurice
- M. Emmet WalshLoren Visser
- Deborah NeumannDebra
- Raquel GaviaLandlady
- Van BrooksMan from Lubbock
- Señor MarcoMr. Garcia
- William CreamerOld Cracker
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
If you are squeamish, here is the film to make you squeam. - 100
New York Post
It's like watching Alfred Hitchcock try to solve a Rubik's cube in a roadside diner. - 90
Washington Post
I love the movie's originality, its sense of macabre humor, its resourcefulness, and the great Walsh, whose memorable narration kicks off the movie. - 90
Washington Post
I love the unsettling details. - 88
Charlotte Observer
(The Coens have) never again achieved the one-two punch of Blood Simple and "Raising Arizona" - the first darkly cynical, the second light-headedly comical. - 88
San Francisco Examiner
It's the boys' most immediately gratifying movie: The goods are delivered in a hearse. - 80
Village Voice
Boldly facetious and monstrously clever. - 70
Film.com
All these years later, the film is far more infuriating than it is exciting.
