Woah, I cant understand why people make a big deal about films by the Coen brothers. I've seen this and Big Lebowski, and they seem to have been both made with NO soul or feeling what so ever. The characters are all soulless droids going about there business, and they are no characters that one can relate to. All seem totally inhuman and void of emotion or expression or any good human characteristics. As a result, one has little or no interest in the plot. A dire, dire movie to avoid.