I was a little disappointed by this, I think it was overhyped. The characters are weird, almost cartoonish in both their acting and characterisation yet the violence in the film is very realistic and sinister. It's this clash of tones which just didn't feel right to me.

I don't know if you're really expected to believe what you're seeing e.g. A crime scenes gone over by bumbling cop instead of an expert forensic team for instance.. The film has these subplots too which feel forced in. This was shot on film and it's a good blu ray transfer, the cinematography is pretty well done, the sound and editing are also fine. The script though isn't as funny as it thinks it is, it's as though they thought if characters say "oh yeah" "yeah!" to each other a lot we'd stand up and applaud at the end as if this was a comedic masterpiece.

I'd recommend the Big Lebowski a lot more, which is much funnier, with a much better protagonist.

I just found this film a bit depressing actually.