I looooooooooooooved this film!

Rating: 10/10 (1 March 2004)

I have seen it twice and am looking forward to seeing it several more times. Each time that I have seen it I see something different. It was so noir, so funny, so kitsch. It had a plodding mid-west surreal quality that I loved. I found it a bit graphic but I could live with it because it was clear that the film was saying something else. Marge was great, and I am glad to see she was rewarded for her performance. The hookers at the bar...the kidnappers...and the bar owner everyone was just this side of "off" and yet so real I couldn't help laughing. You never thought you were watching West Wing or some other urbane, fast talking, smooth, formula-type production. Was it almost docu--? made me think it was prairie Canadian or maritime Newfie!