Very honest and brutal

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2018)

In many ways, this film is about hate. But it's brutally honest, heartfelt and emotional.
Francis McDormand and Sam Rockwell both nail this role. These are the roles they are both meant to play. Sam starts off playing a redneck hick police officer who doesn't hide his racist feelings in any way. But as time progresses, we see a change inside of him. Francis, on the hatred a mother feels towards the helplessness of the death of her child. What I really liked about this film is you never quite knew where this was going. It clearly steers you in various directions. While I love Peter Dinklage and he delivers a fine performance as always, I thought there were scenes such as the "dinner scene" that didn't really push the story forward and could have been edited out. But overall this film deserves all the praise it gets.