Really underrated. Very interesting

Rating: Null/10 (3 April 2016)

I thought it was greeeeeeeat. Totally not what I expected, although it's the Coens so that was my fault. I thought the trailer was kind of unexciting and to me, didn't really feel like a Coens' film. I'm not surprised audiences hated it at all, but I found it endlessly interesting, exciting, and entertaining, and thankfully, definitely a Coens' film through and through. I had no idea where it was going at any point and for a comedy, that's really, really rare. I have to admit, in terms of following the plot, many times I wasn't really sure what was going on. But I loved every second of it. It's a film entirely made of the character moments (I'm thinking back to that scene with Alden Ehrenreich waiting for his date with his limo driver, or the absolutely hilarious scene with Frances McDormand). I got so much joy out of watching it that the plot became totally secondary. I'm not really that huge of a fan of stuff like Raising Arizona or The Big Lebowski and so perhaps that's why I'm so surprised by how much I loved this. I also don't remember Josh Brolin being this great since Milk (yes, he was better here than in Sicario). I hope this gets some love come Oscar time but I doubt it. I can't wait to rewatch it and this has the makings of a cult classic (audiences hated it though, so proooobably not)