This film is trying hard to be a Coen-esque dark crime comedy, but it's just so flat. Norton and Williams are great, they're surrounded by a ton of fantastic character actors, and DeVito throws in a bunch of clever set-ups as director, but the script has no structure, it feels like most of the budget went on the (impressive) ice show finale leading to a lot of the rest suffering bland lighting and set-ups with little coverage, and even the score budget jars at times thanks to cheap synth instrumentation.
It reminds me of The Cable Guy - everyone's trying really hard, there are loads of great ideas, but it never coheres into a satisfying whole.
Rating: Frustrating.
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