Country: US
Technical: col 104m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, J.K.Simmons, Marlon Wayans
Synopsis:
An educated southern gentleman gathers a crew of four no-hopers for a caper whose aim is to steal a casino's takings by tunnelling from a feisty widow's root cellar.
Review:
For this apparently pointless exercise the brothers put together a package of their characteristic southern gothic elements (cf. Blood Simple, O Brother...), including a learnedly verbose Hanks and his profane melting pot of losers whose antics make up much of the comedy. The convenience of a timely garbage barge is a poor replacement for a goods train leaving the shunting yard in the Ealing version, but the transplantation is witty, right down to the off-kilter choice of instruments for the quintet, and the execution brims with the customary cinematic flair. One just wishes they'd turn their attention away from pastiche and produce another Fargo.
Country: US
Technical: col 104m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, J.K.Simmons, Marlon Wayans
Synopsis:
An educated southern gentleman gathers a crew of four no-hopers for a caper whose aim is to steal a casino's takings by tunnelling from a feisty widow's root cellar.
Review:
For this apparently pointless exercise the brothers put together a package of their characteristic southern gothic elements (cf. Blood Simple, O Brother...), including a learnedly verbose Hanks and his profane melting pot of losers whose antics make up much of the comedy. The convenience of a timely garbage barge is a poor replacement for a goods train leaving the shunting yard in the Ealing version, but the transplantation is witty, right down to the off-kilter choice of instruments for the quintet, and the execution brims with the customary cinematic flair. One just wishes they'd turn their attention away from pastiche and produce another Fargo.
