I cannot believe I almost skipped this gem.

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2016)

Good movies are an exception nowadays; in my humble opinion of course. So many films are a bus-ticket-big story full of plot-holes and incoherences serving as an excuse for loosely linking action, special effects and general showing-off. None of it here. If the above is your kind of movie : move along. You'll feel bored. I also assume most of the bad reviews are from that kind of public. (After all, there is no accounting for taste)
The movie, served by the music of Master Morricone, is a perfect homage to the spaghetti-western, but also its own beast. Visually, the snowy outdoors are beautiful; the costumes are very nice and the decors nicely detailed. The dialogs and interactions, delivered by very good actors, are well-written and add color and depth to the characters. Tarantino shines particularly at this. The story, simple and complex at the same time, unravels at a very nice and well-mastered pace. I could not, like I'm sadly used to, guess instantly what would happen and when. I've not been bored for one second during this almost three-hours movie.
Warmly recommended.