As good as comedy gets

Rating: 9/10 (20 January 2009)

This movie is brilliant beyond words and I'm sure that those who don't understand the Coen brothers' sense of humor, and there are many of you out there, the movie is neither funny nor good. To those who do understand their humor and who can appreciate total absurdity, this movie will be the best of the bunch.
The casting is out of this world. Who'd've thunk that Brad Pitt could play the biggest dweeb on the planet, who'd've thunk that John Malkovich would be used only to scream obscenities and play a lethargic, self-absorbed and self-important nobody, who'd've thunk that George Clooney would be typecast as just a regular but good looking man, who'd've thunk that Frances McDormand would be reduced to a shallow, physical looks-only 1-dimensional character? Then throw in some random supporting roles that totally take apart the very fabric of what they are supposed signify.
The storyline and acting is spot-on, but most of all, incredibly all out funny. But you may have to watch it a few times in quick succession to grasp the meaning of it all.
Don't miss this!