Can't believe this is supposed to be a comedy

Rating: 4/10 (14 September 2008)

Nasty and mean-spirited. Only one sympathetic character in the whole thing, and he doesn't survive. Some of the native DC paranoia bits are funny, but when you can't care if a single person in the film gets what he or she wants, it's hard to enjoy any of it. I know lots of people love "The Big Lebowski", but I know what I thought of it: unpleasant people doing awful things to each other for no good reason at all. This one's much the same.
I swear, the Coens are brilliant when they're good, but when they aren't.... phew. And this is the only Coen film I've ever walked out on.