Please do not go and waste any time on this tripe. OK, there are some big names - some of them delivering their lines pretty damn well. However, the story is pants. The worst is that the direction is from a complete and utter non-entity. With the material supplied by the Coen brothers along with the potential in the fabulous cast you'd think this would be a sure fire winner. It ain't. It is interesting that this movie is being sold on the screen play - i.e. the bit contributed by the Coens. Now, that just shows you how weak this film is. If you go to an Almodovar film you know how much Directing makes a difference. So, this Hoffman film is exactly that...."Who?" "Never heard of him" etc etc. It mirrors pretty much the so-called story line. You go to see a 'Coen' movie - it turns out not to be a 'Coen'. The Coens' mates have all done their best in pulling off the fraud but in the end you're left staring at a pastiche of the real thing that was never there in the first place. The emperor is wearing no clothes...(Oh you naughty Coens.We can see you laughing behind our backs).