No one loves idiots more.
The Coen brothers delight in concocting tales about people who think they know more than they do, morons who stumble in and out of danger, often ending up prematurely erased.
This pitch-dark comedy, while not on the top tier of their filmography, has some huge laugh-out-loud moments.
Especially from Brad Pitt as a man so remarkably stupid you expect him to forget how to breath at times.
From the mystery project George Clooney is building in his basement, to Frances McDormand’s letting the CIA buy her off with plastic surgery, this is primo tomfoolery.