If you are squeamish, here is the film to make you squeam.
100
New York PostHannah Brown
New York PostHannah Brown
It's like watching Alfred Hitchcock try to solve a Rubik's cube in a roadside diner.
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Washington PostDesson Thomson
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 PostStephen Hunter
Washington PostStephen Hunter
I love the unsettling details.
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
(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 ExaminerWesley Morris
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
It's the boys' most immediately gratifying movie: The goods are delivered in a hearse.
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Boldly facetious and monstrously clever.
70
Film.comErnest Hardy
Film.comErnest Hardy
All these years later, the film is far more infuriating than it is exciting.
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
It is an exploitation picture disguised as a hipster comedy.
50
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
On viewing, the cuts seem negligible, but what is new and clearly improved is the sound, which now booms with each door slam and gunshot.