Not the Coen brothers

Rating: 2/10 (19 February 2018)

I really expected to like this movie given the cast and the stellar ratings, but no, not at all. I did laugh on a few occasions because of some funny dialogue. But I think, in sum, it's very much a movie about a director desperately trying to be the Coen brothers without the talent or even a concept. Maybe it didn't help the movie to have Frances McDormand in it because it makes the viewer feel like: "Oh, cool, that's gonna be hilarious" and then the movie goes on and on, and it never gets hilarious, and at some time you're wondering what's the point. What are we supposed to make of all these story lines and characters? For instance, the bad guy having a beer at the local pub bragging about raping a girl while she is burning to death? Come on. And all the senseless beating up? The last 30 minutes feel like they are looking for a good point to end this disaster but they don't find one so they just stop.