Meandering and off the mark

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 1998)

The Coens are fully capable of making great films. This isn't
one of them. It's imaginatively directed, and the performances
are fine. But the story is so meandering and odd that it just
doesn't work. The Coens are willing to risk oddity in search of
excellence, and it frequently works; Fargo was a masterpiece.
But here it just seems muddled and pointless. I give it a 5 out
of 10.