Hyperbole

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2017)

I always enjoy watching Frances McDormand ever since I saw her in "Fargo". She is one of Hollywood's best actresses and doesn't disappoint here. She does the best she can with thankless material meant to be a combination of sensational filmmaking and a social statement, accent on the former.
Writer/ Director Martin McDonagh tries to pull out all the stops via shocking dialogue and an over-the-top screenplay but ends up with a 5-times-checking-your-watch movie that seems much longer than 115 minutes. Also trapped in the pointless plot is another favorite, Woody Harrelson as the Police Chief, but he has to play it straight in this misconceived black comedy.
The cast play foul-mouthed white trash types, but in the Midwest rather than the South. The story is an overblown polemic against small town small-mindedness and, true to form, ends with an unsatisfactory whimper, when another big bang would been within its already stretched bounds.