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Ethan Coen - news / articles


  • Coen Brothers refused to watch Wayne's True Grit - 24 December 2010
    -Moviemaking duo Joel and Ethan Coen deliberately avoided watching John Wayne's iconic movie True Grit while making their own version of the story, to avoid copying the original.- -America's most famous cowboy won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of one-eyed U.S

Ethan Coen - what members say


  • The Ladykillers
  • The Ladykillers review by A customer from kent
    Rated - 2.0 stars another dissapointing mainstream coen brothers movie 21 June 2005
    ...original. While Alec Guinness must be spinning in his grave, lets hope Joel and Ethan Coen can get their act together and make a movie befitting their their past efforts....   Read customer review
  • No Country for Old Men
  • No Country for Old Men review by Balham from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Not quite a Masterpiece? 16 March 2008
    ...t for me there were too many loose ends...I would not agree that this is Joel & Ethan Coen's Masterpiece...'Fargo' was a much more satisfying movie...but I think this mig...   Read customer review
  • True Grit
  • True Grit review by A customer from Glasgow
    Rated - 4.0 stars Another hit for the Brothers Coen 16 February 2011
    ...The work of Joel and Ethan Coen has always been hit and miss for me but True Grit did not disappoint. Newcomer Hailee Steinfeld holds her own against established stars Je...   Read customer review

Ethan Coen - filmography


  • True Grit
  • True Grit on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Josh Brolin,  Jeff Bridges
    Director: Ethan Coen,  Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 39,103 members
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  • True Grit - Blu-ray
  • True Grit - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Josh Brolin,  Jeff Bridges
    Director: Ethan Coen,  Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Her father senselessly gunned down by notorious outlaw Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) seeks out trigger-happy U.S. marshal Rueben J. "Rooster" Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to follow Chaney into hostile territory and ensure that justice is served. Though initially ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 13,907 members
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  • A Serious Man - Blu-ray
  • A Serious Man - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Adam Arkin,  Richard Kind,  George Wyner
    Director: Joel Coen,  Ethan Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "A Serious Man" is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and "F-Troop" is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 206 members
    Not available for rental
  • A Serious Man
  • A Serious Man (2009)
    Starring: Adam Arkin,  Richard Kind,  George Wyner
    Director: Joel Coen,  Ethan Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "A Serious Man" is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and "F-Troop" is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 869 members
    Not available for rental
  • Burn After Reading
  • Burn After Reading on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  George Clooney,  John Malkovich
    Director: Ethan Coen,  Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness! When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 94,839 members
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  • The Ladykillers
  • The Ladykillers (2004)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Marlon Wayans,  Irma P. Hall
    Director: Ethan Coen,  Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    It is always difficult to try to recreate a classic movie, so Joel and Ethan Coen took the premise of Alexander Mackendrick's beloved 1955 Ealing Studio caper comedy, THE LADYKILLERS, as the basis for coming up with their own entertaining and bizarre remake. Tom Hanks stars as Goldthwait Higginson ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 29,785 members
    Not currently released
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Ethan Coen facts

5 most recent films

True Grit - 3.5 stars
True Grit - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
A Serious Man - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
A Serious Man - 3.5 stars
Burn After Reading - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

No Country For Old Men - HD - 4.0 stars
True Grit - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
No Country For Old Men - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
True Grit - 3.5 stars
No Country for Old Men - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Ladykillers - 2.5 stars
Burn After Reading - 3.0 stars
Burn After Reading - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
A Serious Man - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
A Serious Man - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Josh Brolin - 5 times - show films
Javier Bardem - 3 times - show films
Tommy Lee Jones - 3 times - show films
Kelly MacDonald - 3 times - show films
Woody Harrelson - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Joel Coen - 12 times - show films

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