A good movie

Following their oscar winning flick, 'No Country for old men', the Coen brothers made this lighter comedy. First of all, there was a really top cast (George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, J.K. Simmons) and they were all pretty good. I must say, even though the premise sounded really awesome, the end-result was pretty funny but nothing more than that. It was nice to see Brad Pitt playing with his image, being a goofball and all, but they didn't do much with it and that was about the same thing with the other characters. In my opinion, the best scenes were eventually the one involving J.K. Simmons and his colleague in the CIA office. Those scenes were just freaking hilarious. I guess it all depends what is the relationship you have with the Coen brothers, if you are fan of them, you will enjoy this flick, and if you don't like their style, you will probably think it is nothing special. To conclude, even though it is definitely a minor movie in the Coen brothers' prestigious filmography, I thought it was pretty good, I enjoyed it and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you liked their previous work.

7/10