A rich and jealous saloon owner hires a cheap divorce detective to kill the saloon owner's younger wife and her bartender lover. But, of course, when blood is involved, nothing can be too simple.
24 July 1940, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
22 March 1935, Ogdensburg, New York, USA
20 March 1958, Conyers, Georgia, USA
15 October 1946, Davenport, Iowa, USA
20 January 1946, Burgaw, North Carolina, USA
1 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA
23 June 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 22, 2016
Simpleness and crime have consistently fascinated the pair, who may as well be praying at the temple of Ate...the Coens preach a healthy respect for the randomness and chaos that ensues from our desires. [Criterion Blu-ray]June 29, 2016
It's a trailblazing masterpiece in any form.June 29, 2016
Though the film has a few exposed seams, it's tightly composed and beautifully shot in a way that easily rivals more expensive features.July 28, 2016
"Blood Simple" becomes a dazzling comedie noire, a dynamic, virtuoso display by a couple of talented fledgling filmmakers who give the conventions of the genre such a thorough workout that the result is a movie that's fresh and exhilarating.January 14, 2013
It isn't really about anything except making a commercial narrative movie outside the industry.December 29, 2011
With a strong and stylish debut like Blood Simple, it didn't take a P.I. to see that the Coens were made for big things.August 28, 2011
Essential.June 27, 2016
There's a simple magnetism inherent in this kind of filmmaking, and the Coens know how to orchestrate it.July 01, 2016
The audience has to work in 'Blood Simple,' and its niftiest trick may not be apparent till the lights have come up.June 30, 2016
Watching this beautiful restoration of "Blood Simple" I was actually struck by how non-bleak it is, how much the strength of the film lies in images of beauty, defiance and survival.October 13, 2009
Watch this film, and these film makers, closely. Neither will disappoint.