Interesting characters in search of a story

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 2000)

I finally saw this movie on the strong recommendation of a soon to be ex-friend. Had I known it would be so bad, I would've spent the 2hrs clipping nose hair or cleaning out my chimney.
I "expected" a story on line with Fargo (which I thoroughly enjoed), I expected twisted humor, interesting characters and a _complete_ story. What I got, in my opinion, was about 2-3 really good characters, some spicy dialog but a very weak story told in a poor way.
I wanted to like it, some of the dialog was rich... in keeping with the Fargo lead but there was really nothing holding it all together. The Coen brothers got desperate and leafed back through their writing journals and collected bits and pieces of interesting characters and thought they would just magically fall together and compose a movie.
Big disappointment. I now must watch a "chick-flick" with my wife since I made her watch this.
Better luck next time.