"We're operating off the map here, Ted."

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2012)

Well judging by the reviews here you're either going to love it or hate it, there's no middle ground. When it ended, I was laughing my a-- off just from the absurdity of the whole thing. I mean that in a good way. I think the movie was meant to be absurd, establishing characters in untenable situations and then having them wring their way out by the most clueless of means. I guess you have to be able to process dark humor for a film like this. Clooney's paranoia, McDormand's obsession with plastic surgery and Pitt's oblivious demeanor spell trouble at every turn, and the writing is clever enough to keep one truly off balance. When Harry (Clooney) reacted with his twenty year veteran U.S. Marshal reflexes, I just couldn't believe what happened. Just one of the many twists you won't see coming that made the film a genuine treat for this fan of the Coen Brothers. You may not like it, that's OK. I go for this inspired lunacy any day of the week.