Not the best Cohen Bros. film. Not even close

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2008)

This movie was a real big let down, i really had my hopes high. A lot of the aspects of a Cohen Bros. film are here the quirky characters, blunt unexpected death scenes. But a lot is also missing like the beautiful cinematography or soundtrack and the Decalogue is some of their worst by far. Brad Pitt is great to watch but doesn't get used as much as i would have liked. Frances McDormand is not on her best here i had expected her to hold everything together based on her previous work with the Cohen's but she is just plain bad here. Malkovich is good he gave what i think was expected no more no less. George Clooney is good but we don't spend enough time with his character. We actually don't spend much time with these characters individually to care about any of them that's where i felt this film lacked. I have seen all the Cohen Bros. work except for Barton Fink and Intolerable cruelty but i can say this is my least favorite film of theirs so far.