I watched this a couple of nights ago. Picked randomly. After a short while I almost turned it off. It was...is a crazy movie. But then I got that's exactly what it was supposed to be.
I can't say I loved it, but the more it developed, the more I appreciated the weirdness of it. All the roles were very well acted.
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October 29, 2025, 11:10 AM
xd45man
I really enjoyed it. Clooney carrying around that wedge!
It’s a Coen Bros movie. It helps to know that going in. I watch it about once a year or so, along with The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Brad Pitt is absolutely hilarious in this one. The scene with the closet makes me laugh myself sick every time.
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October 29, 2025, 05:47 PM
Prefontaine
The Russians? Whaaaaaaaat theeeeeee ffuuuuuuuuuck! Favorite line of John Malkovich, in any movie, ever! When this comes on one of my movie stations I have to rewind at least 10 times and listen to him say it.
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October 29, 2025, 06:24 PM
cas
It's like 50%-75% of the Coen's movies, there's something there, and some of it brilliant, but over all it just missed, or something was missing.
When they don't miss they're masterpieces.
October 30, 2025, 02:32 PM
irreverent
This is the movie where I first realized Brad Pitt could act.
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October 30, 2025, 03:43 PM
YellowJacket
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It is down the list of Coen Bros movies as for effectiveness and pacing but it has some elements that are hilarious. It has a lot in common with Raising Arizona and Fargo, and some with Lebowski, but does not quite deliver the goods like those films.
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October 30, 2025, 09:17 PM
6guns
quote:
Originally posted by P220 Smudge: It’s a Coen Bros movie. It helps to know that going in. I watch it about once a year or so, along with The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Brad Pitt is absolutely hilarious in this one. The scene with the closet makes me laugh myself sick every time.
It wasn't until the end of the movie that I saw that. Then it clicked more.
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October 31, 2025, 02:02 PM
FP2000H
This is one of my favorite Coen Bros films. Everyone in it is fantastic. The absurd intersecting storylines and the performances are perfect. I agree that it’s low key one of Pitt’s best roles. He steals every scene.
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October 31, 2025, 05:46 PM
oddball
quote:
Originally posted by cas: When they don't miss they're masterpieces.
Millers Crossing.
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November 11, 2025, 11:52 AM
Sharkey717
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November 12, 2025, 11:23 AM
PASig
"PC orrrrrrr Mack?"
That line from the befuddled Russian Embassy guy always cracked me up
November 12, 2025, 08:48 PM
heydrich
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November 14, 2025, 09:27 AM
apprentice
Did not see the closet scene going that way lol.
Had to fast forward a few times, but overall it has its moments.
November 14, 2025, 06:12 PM
irreverent
And JK Simmons, that man just makes me laugh. So perfect!
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December 09, 2025, 10:19 PM
sigalert
quote:
Originally posted by oddball:
quote:
Originally posted by cas: When they don't miss they're masterpieces.
Millers Crossing.
Yes!
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