An average movie

Before this movie was released, there was actually a pretty good buzz about it, mostly because it was written by the Coen brothers. Eventually, the whole thing was a big box-office and critical flop but I was still eager to check it out. Apparently, this project was in development hell for at least a decade and there has been a considerable number of re-writes so you wonder how much of the Coen brothers's work actually remained. I mean, you could spot from time to time their unique style but this movie was in general much below their directing work. I mean, the whole thing had some potential, especially after the introduction but, pretty quickly, it all fell apart. Sure, you can blame Cameron Diaz for playing one of the least convincing Texan cowgirls I have ever seen but the choice to make the main character played by Colin Firth as some kind of spineless loser was also pretty weak. I mean, the whole concept was that Diaz was supposed to jeopardize the whole heist but, in fact, she didn't do anything really drastic to put the operation in danger. Anyway, to conclude, even though it could have been a decent heist feature, it turned out to be rather underwhelming and I don't think it is really worth a look.

5/10