A Coenesque tale with a veritable host of brilliant character actors. It's only fractionally off compared to the movies of the Coen Bros, but there's so little difference in terms of style & humour as to be of no consequence.

Set during the inter-war years the tale reflects the social morès of the day

I have to admit, I tend to fall in love with Ms Robbie everytime I look at her and Christian Bale is getting better & better with age. John David Washington puts in a great performance & is equally as good as his two co-leads. The supporting cast are as stellar as they come. Every one of them, from Chris Rock to Robert De Niro are brilliant. The humour is typically dark but I find movies that don't force the comedy are all the better for it.

The story is a little bizarre, which is why it sits well within the Coenesque genre. The themes play on the perennial problems of racism, American capitalism, political extremism, American elitism, & casual drug use. It is modernised by putting mixed ethnicity relationships and disability front & centre. The set design & mis en scene perfectly represent 20's New York.

The production deserves much higher than 6.1 and don't even ask me why Rotten Tom's has it at 33%. I can only assume there has been a bit of a pile on from certain groups, who hate anti-fascist pro-equality themes.