An average movie

To be honest, I still haven't watched 'The Tragedy of Macbeth', Joel Coen's first solo directorial effort (I guess it is available on Amazon Prime which I don't have). Anyway, I thought I might as well already watch Ethan Coen's first solo directorial effort since it was easier to get my hands on. Well, I have noticed that it didn't get much love when it was released and, indeed, I'm afraid it was a real mess. I gave Coen some slack because I hope (or wish) that this messiness was done on purpose but, even so, the damned thing was just pretty weak. The best example would be this couple of lesbians going on this road-trip. Indeed, on one hand, I had never seen Geraldine Viswanathan before but I thought she was quite fascinating to behold. Sure, her character seemed uptight but I thought she was still charismatic and I loved the way she played it so understated with mostly her eyes and body language. However, on the other hand, you had Margaret Qualley who also did deliver a solid performance but her character was just so loud and way too obnoxious. It was obviously done on purpose but it doesn't mean that I have to find this approach interesting or entertaining. Finally, it was already rather dubious that these 2 girls would be friend at all but to make the viewers believe that they would actually end up together was rather preposterous. Concerning the rest of the cast, none of the other characters made an impression, except for Beanie Feldstein who really nailed it and stole the show every time she was on the screen. About the story itself, I always believed that the road-trip might be the laziest genre ever but this one was particularly convoluted and unconvincing. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was actually rather generous with my rating here, I guess it's still worth a look, especially if you are interested in the Coen brothers's work but you should probably lower your expectations before watching the damned thing.

6/10