I just got back from a private screening over at Universal. I thought the movie was brilliant, one of the Coens' best. A great ensemble piece with superb performances from everyone involved. Pitt is hilarious.
In some ways, it felt to me like a spiritual sequel to "Blood Simple" in that the drama turns on a group of people who react and respond because no one of them really knows what is going on. However, the setting and situations are VERY different.
Unlike so many current films, you never quite know where this one is going to go, and there are a few big surprises and even bigger laughs, including what I think is one of the funniest single shots in the history of motion pictures. (A hint: It involves Clooney's character destroying something.)
Nonetheless, it IS a Coen Brothers' film and I'm quite confident a large segment of the general audience will have a WTF? reaction. A number of film critics already have seemed to miss the point.
In some ways, it felt to me like a spiritual sequel to "Blood Simple" in that the drama turns on a group of people who react and respond because no one of them really knows what is going on. However, the setting and situations are VERY different.
Unlike so many current films, you never quite know where this one is going to go, and there are a few big surprises and even bigger laughs, including what I think is one of the funniest single shots in the history of motion pictures. (A hint: It involves Clooney's character destroying something.)
Nonetheless, it IS a Coen Brothers' film and I'm quite confident a large segment of the general audience will have a WTF? reaction. A number of film critics already have seemed to miss the point.