While the Coen brothers are best known for taking on quirky, intelligent genre-bending movies (think The Big Lebowski or Fargo), this, their first movie, is probably one of their finest-and most overlooked. Starring John Getz and Frances McDormad, it follows the story of a man who hires a private eye to knock off his unfaithful wife and her lover- but soon things get complicated. Clever, brutal, and intelligently made, this 1984 gem shouldn’t be forgotten over their later classics.
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