Pathetic .

Rating: 1/10 (11 September 2010)

Pathetic. Do not reward this film with your time and money.
If you have a moral compass, skip this movie. I'm not talking about religion; I'm saying that if you have the normal, common sense (if there is such a thing) knowledge of what good and evil is and try to live on the good side, skip this movie.
If you simply must see it because of someone's rave review or gushing over how genius the Coen brothers are or just to see some admittedly superb acting (stretched over a horribly flawed plot), then go ahead, but set a timer to go off 20 minutes before the movie ends, press the Stop button, and make up the rest of the movie on your own. Whatever ending you, being a good person, create, will be better than what was filmed.
If you love this movie *in its entirety* for it's depth and insight into the world we live in, I urge you to search within yourself, look in a mirror, and start speaking the truth. Your life will be better for discovering the discord that allows you to enjoy this movie's ending.
The insight the Coens attempt to show in this film is misinformed. In attempting to shed light on depravity they unwittingly shone the spotlight on what is really wrong with the world: The believe that it is not in our own power to influence the outcome of our own lives.