Not really funny

Rating: 5/10 (26 December 2008)

This is a very dark movie. There wasn't a single character I felt any empathy for. The Brad Pitt character was just too stupid to be respected. The Frances McDormand character was really hideous at heart. I guess the gym owner was sympathetic, but I felt what happened to him was just ridiculous.
It's also much more violent than I expected from the 'screwball comedy' billing it received. I felt the trailer was misleading. I expected something along the line of O Brother Where Art Thou, which is one of my favorite movies of all time. This isn't that at all.
I was sort of entertained by this movie, but when it was over I felt that I had wasted two hours of my time. I would call this a "feel bad" movie.