disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (14 September 2008)

Fargo and Oh Brother where art thou are among my favorite movies so I was really looking forward to this one. First I was surprised that so many parents had quite young children watching this film, with its language, sexual imagery and violence. No one in my audience laughed except a couple of chuckles scattered throughout, the CIA dialogue at the end was the funniest part of the movie. I'm giving it a three simply because I like watching moving images on a screen and because some of the characters were very likable, also like interiors and exteriors of houses. The Tilda Swinton character was very unpleasant. . . kind of hard to believe the George Clooney character would have spent any time with her at all. Linda and Chad and the gym manager were all likable and kind of pathetic. One or two real surprises but sadly those are very unpleasant and difficult to watch. All in all nothing much to get excited about!