Goofy, swingingly entertaining crime comedy with a field day-cast.

Rating: 6/10 (13 December 2009)

Disgruntled CIA man (Malkovich) quits the force and decides to write his memoirs. After forgetting them at the local gym, the odd pair of staff members (Pitt, McDormand) who find them, decide to stop at nothing in blackmailing him to get them back...
Goofy, swingingly entertaining crime comedy with top-shape big name cast having a field day. Almost lightweight movie-making for being the Coen brothers, with minimal visual treatment, but many big - and dark - laughs with the car scene between Pitt & Malkovich a highlight! And as with the Coens, you know you're in for quite a nutcase gallery of characters (and habitually almost none to root for), but the unfolding plot, full of twists and turns, is thankfully an equal part of the enjoyment.
6 out of 10 from Ozjeppe.