I was FINALLY able to finish it and....

Rating: 4/10 (24 March 2020)

I tried for years to watch this, but after I saw Fargo, and this came out afterward, and I always found it to be a weaker copycat of their own work. But they tried harder to be funnier and quirkier so I was never able to watch more than 10-15 before turning it off. I likely tried 3-4 times before to watch, mainly because of all the hype. Today I finally finished it and it was definitely better than I expect I can see the appeal, but I still go with my gut feeling. They tried too hard to top Fargo, which is their masterpiece.
With Fargo there was not a dull moment, no meandering and no weird acid trip segments, like with this one. Jerry Lundegaard was a loser, but you still sympathized with him. The dude was a loser, but a real loser, like dumber than dumb and no really redeeming qualities. And John Goodman was just angry for the sake of being angry. Steve Buscemi was totally pointless and underused. And then they had the weird side story with Julianne Moore who wanted to have a baby with the Dude out of nowhere? Just bizarre.
Sure there were some funny moments for sure, but over all I found it quite boring and unlike Fargo I don't know if I would watch it again. Also with Fargo they took their time with each character so you got to know them. Here they introduced so many so quickly and left loose ends with some. They could have easily merged some of the bad guys into one or two. So even though I finished it, I had to stop several times to take a break. Not a good sign.