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No one was supposed to get hurt. morePlot:
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelery store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
6 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
'No Country for Old Men' Tops With Critics' Awards (From IMDb News. 10 December 2007)
Penn Rules at Gotham Awards (From WENN. 29 November 2007)
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In a back-and-forth style, Sydney Lumet's psychological crime thriller is good to watch… moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | Andy |
 | Ethan Hawke | ... | Hank |
 | Albert Finney | ... | Charles |
 | Marisa Tomei | ... | Gina |
 | Aleksa Palladino | ... | Chris |
 | Michael Shannon | ... | Dex |
 | Amy Ryan | ... | Martha |
 | Sarah Livingston | ... | Danielle |
| Brian F. O'Byrne | ... | Bobby (as Brían F. O'Byrne) |
 | Rosemary Harris | ... | Nanette |
 | Blaine Horton | ... | Justin |
| Arija Bareikis | ... | Katherine |
| Leonardo Cimino | ... | William |
 | Lee Wilkof | ... | Jake |
 | Damon Gupton | ... | Doctor |
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Rated R for a scene of strong graphic sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
117 min | Canada:123 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Language:
EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | Canada:18A | Italy:VM14 | Australia:MA | France:U | Argentina:16 | Ireland:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Malaysia:18PL | UK:15 | USA:R | Spain:18 | New Zealand:R16MOVIEmeter: 
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In the original script, Gina and Andrew Hanson had a child. Sidney Lumet removed this character from the final script. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: When Justin gives Andy a shot, the constricting band is not removed before injecting. It is incorrect and at least could damage the vein. moreQuotes:
Andrew 'Andy' Hanson: The thing about real estate accounting is that you can, you can, add down the page or across the page and everything works out. Everyday, everything adds up. The, the total is always the sum of its parts. It's, uh, clean. It's clear. Neat, absolute. But my life, it, uh, it doesn't add up. It, uh... Nothing connects to anything else. It's, uh... I'm not, I'm not the sum of my parts. All my parts don't add up to one... to one me, I guess.Justin: Get a shrink or a wife.
Andrew 'Andy' Hanson: Uh, I got a wife.
Justin: Get a shrink.
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Carolina Jasmine moreFAQ
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After a cold sex scene, between Andy and Gina, in South America, we know that Andy is a payroll manager who finds himself in a hard economic situation where he badly needs some extra money… We also discover that he has been stealing from his job and using the money to his drug habits… He's also attempting to keep up with his wife, who just might be having an affair…
To solve all their problems, he persuades his brother—a likable loser—to join him in a plan to steal their own parent's small store… Their parents are happily married and proprietors of a jewelry store situated in New York's Westchester County… Sixty thousand dollars is all they'll need to get their life out of desperation…
Three main characters are important in this movie…
First the two brothers… Each of them is a complex individual, threatened with multiple motivations, and sunk into doubts and disappointments… The two are desperate characters, financially and emotionally…
Andy is selfish… He feels that he has never had the love of his father… He is the corrupting influence, turning his brother into an assailant, and his beautiful woman into an adulteress…
Hank is a puppet too weak to resist his brother's wishes… His ex-wife is one of the reasons he needs money as he owes her hundreds in child support…. He longs to regain the confidence he once had with his father…
The third character is their weary and deplorable father Charles Hanson (Albert Finney), especially in the haunting climactic scenes…
Telling you more about the details could lessen the impact of the film, and therefore the entertainment...
Tomei's performance conveys great depth and emotion even with her look, her touch, her particular move…
Lumet's direction is firm, fresh and brutal.