nobody can really award this 10/10 and be taken seriously.

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2018)

I just spent some time writing a piece on this film but due either to a cliche or going over the word count, it disappeared. As my main thrust was that I felt the film vastly overrated I cannot get up the enthusiasm to do it all again. Suffice to say that after a marvellous opening and beautifully setting the scene, there is really nowhere for this film to go. So, what we seem to get is a pile of jokes, mainly racist and sexist, about older guys and their bimbos or about a dwarf. Frances McDormand's performance, like that of Harrelson is too one note to be considered great. Grating maybe. Oh and since when has a woman kicking schoolgirls in the crotch been considered funny? At best this is a re-run of Coen Brother territory and at worst slapstick comedy. Pleasant enough to watch with your brain switched off but nobody can really award this 10/10 and be taken seriously.