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No Country for Old Men
Review by Jeffrey Overstreet | posted 11/09/2007

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Discussion starters

What kind of a man is Llewellyn Moss? What is important to him? What does he love? Is he good to his wife Carla? Consider some of his choices along the way. Are any of them honorable?
What kind of a man is Ed Tom Bell? Is he a good lawman? What is his perspective on the world? What is his perspective on God?
What kind of man is Anton Chigurh? What do we learn about his view of the world?
These characters seem to live in a world where God is absent, if he exists at all. Have you ever felt that God was silent or absent? Discuss.
Think through the recent news headlines about trouble around the world. Are there any situations that make you wonder why God doesn't get involved and make things right? Does Scripture have anything to say to us when we see the wicked succeeding, and when we feel despair over the evil in the world?

The Family Corner

For parents to consider

No Country for Old Men is rated R for strong graphic violence and some language. The violence is graphic and bloody, the language harsh. These men curse, take the Lord's name in vain, and seem to be sinking into despair. It's the kind of movie that could severely frighten children and teens—and some adults, for that matter.

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Ron Pelt

Posted: May 26, 2009 12:00 PM

The key scene in the movie for me was when Sheriff Bell is talking to his wife about his dream. He tells his wife that his father is carrying fire in a horn "the way folks used to" and he knows he will "build a fire somewhere out there in the cold and dark, as he rides on ahead. "I go to prepare a place for you..." The power for the movie to me is that no punches are pulled in conveying the damage that mankind can do when there is no conscious to stop it. The only "pure" character is the psychopathic killer, albeit "pure evil". He is stripped of all choice making, and has no burden of guilt. All the other characters have made decisions but they are at least hindered by the concept of right and wrong.

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