Craft of the highest order

Rating: 8/10 (3 November 2008)

Right where to start. This in not one of the great Coen brothers movie's, but rest assured this is still so much better that most of what passes for a movie in today's day and age. It just does not hit the heights of their greatest movies but this is still a extremely well crafted movie than is really an enjoyable romp of a film. As usual with the Coen's you get great casting, direction and a script tighter than a gnat's chuff. The premises here is almost all completely a mcguffin with the supposed finding of some top secret documents and what they mean to all involved. But really with are left with a lot of unsavoury characters who all have their own agenda. All played to perfection with Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich's characters being particularly poisonous, where as the always great George Clooney and Frances McDormand are just needy. It is left to the superb Brad Pitt to give the movie heart and here he is ably supported by Richard Jenkins (the dead father from 'Six Feet Under') to give the movie its heart and soul. So life changing? No, but extremely enjoyable and full of treasures to enjoy again and again.