I have a bit of a hot and cold relationship with the Coen
brothers. While their approach to crime stories is definitely commendable and
they’re responsible for one of my all-time favourite films with The Big Lebowski, the majority of their work doesn’t elicit that much more than shrug
from yours truly. Hell, their 2013 penned effort Gambit was ultimately so unengaging that I couldn’t even come
up with a full review for the thing. Although, in the interest of fairness,
that film was also riddled with production troubles and most of their actual
script ended up being rewritten. Still, even with all this in mind, I can't
help but admit to their obvious skill behind the camera as well as their
aptitude for scripting. Considering that, even if today’s film doesn’t work out
too well, it will at least show more effort than an awful lot of films released
in the last two months. How much more
effort, however, is the big question.
