Blood Simple (1985)
"Passion led to Adultery. Adultery led to Murder. It all seemed so simple..."
ThumbScore
👍 75%audience score
Critics Score
🎬 89%
(RT: 94%, MC: 84) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Samm-Art Williams as Meurice
Deborah Neumann as Debra
Raquel Gavia as Landlady
Van Brooks as Man from Lubbock
Is Blood Simple good?
Most people think so. 75% audience score, estimated from 1,592 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 89%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered. Wikipedia ↗
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