Login
This film was really good with a lot of wacky slapstick and a really weird story. The places where this film was funny was where there were awkward events for the characters. This film had a lot of typical black comedy humour but I personally think it had a slight lack of character development. I mean, the characters were good but it had a few moments where they didn't really show who they are. Also, there were scenes that dragged on a bit which were very few scenes. It is a rather bizarre prison film because it is a comedy where three escapees were after some sort of treasure. Most prison films are really emotional and depressing but this one is neither which is after all part of the story.
George Clooney delivers a well deserved Golden Globe nominated performance as Everett. He looked really funny. I am not a fan of George Clooney but after seeing him in O Brother Where Art Thou and Burn After Reading, I am starting to like him in black comedies especially ones from the Coen brothers. John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson were really funny as well as Everett's escapee accomplices Pete and Delmar. John Goodman was funny as always as Big Dan Teague but he was funnier in The Big Lebowski and Monsters, Inc. Holly Hunter makes a mild appearance as Penny. This was the first time I ever SAW her speak. She did in The Incredibles but that was her voice and she didn't speak at all in The Piano.
This is very original of the Coens to make a film like this. It was very well directed and produced. The story is very different compared to other Coen films but they made it as original to their taste as they could in which they greatly succeeded. The Coens revealed that they can direct and write a film that can have all different themes but the same genre within it. The only Coen films I can think of that doesn't have any comedy in it at all are Blood Simple and No Country For Old Men.
This is a really good Coen film but unfortunately its my least favourite film from the Coens so far. I really liked George Clooney surprisingly in O Brother Where Art Thou but I liked him more in Burn After Reading. I find that some people won't appreciate this film because pretty much every prison film is serious whereas this one isn't at all really but it is made by experts of dark black comedies: the Coen brothers. So, I would tell everyone to at least try it.
