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The Man Who Wasn't There | Coen Brothers Criterion Review (25th Anniversary)
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- Oh Brother
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- Jun 3, 2026
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- 3276
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Summary
Message Dan and Mike We're back with our eighth installment of the Oh Brother Criterion Collection reviews, and this one is our fourth Coen Brothers entry — the 2001 neo-noir masterpiece, The Man Who Wasn't There, celebrating its 25th anniversary. Billy Bob Thornton plays Ed Crane, a laconic small-town barber who speaks little but observes everything. When he discovers his wife Doris is having an affair with her boss Big Dave, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme to fund an investment in a dry clean...