"I have a drinking problem? F(..)k you, Peck, you're a Mormon. Compared to you we ALL have a drinking problem!"

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2015)

Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) are instant classic comedy characters and form the main attractions in this confusing spy comedy, that also tries to dig a little deeper into some social issues, with all the plastic surgery, online dating, loneliness, cheating, divorce, and so on - hardly to any avail, though.
George Clooney and McDormand only have a few fine moments (Clooney is even downright annoying here and there), Swinton shouldn't have been in this at all and Jenkins' melancholy part doesn't work well here - and on the whole, that melancholy feel does not work well in combination with all the silly fun. Simmons and Rasche are pretty (deadpan) funny and Manolo, as small as his role may be, is fantastic.
All in all, it feels like the Coens simply rehashed themselves here (note the similarities to their older work), without a story or hardly anything else that really stands out.
6 out of 10.