The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others, across 1,800 audience votes. Scores higher than 91% of the 950 2000s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic73/100
1,810 audience votes
Key crew
- Joel CoenDirector
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Joel CoenWriter
- Ethan CoenWriter
- Ethan CoenDirector
Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonEd Crane
- Frances McDormandDoris Crane
- Michael BadaluccoFrank
- James GandolfiniBig Dave Brewster
- Katherine BorowitzAnn Nirdlinger Brewster
- Jon PolitoCreighton Tolliver
- Scarlett JohanssonBirdy Abundas
- Richard JenkinsWalter Abundas
- Tony ShalhoubFreddy Riedenschneider
- Christopher KriesaOfficer Persky
- Brian HaleyOfficer Krebs
- Jack McGeeP.I. Burns
Stills
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Themes
small towncaliforniahairdressercon maninsurance fraudblack and whitebarberneo-noir1940s
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