What a disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (24 October 2008)

This has to be the worst Coen brothers film ever made. Somewhere along the line they have lost the plot, although to be fair the plot was already tissue paper thin and absurd to begin with. What a muddle of half realised jokes and situations. Did the the stars of the film read the script before falling for it? Every character acted as if they had an IQ in low double figures, which may work for a gym instructor, but not with people who are supposed to be high up in law enforcement. That only works in a "Naked Gun" style farce. Every situation was like a joke with only half the punch line - meaningless.What happened when the film finished. I say finished because it did not end in any meaningful sense, it just stopped!!! This film had so much potential that somebody with a bit of scriptwriting skill should rewrite it and get the film re-made.