When I heard buzz about this film, I wondered how a British man could convincingly write a film about a controversy in small-town Missouri.

Turns out he can't.

The dialogue and situations were so unrealistic from the start that I couldn't help picking the whole thing apart in my head as it went along. By the end I thought it was a massively idiotic piece of tripe. Not even Frances McDormand could save it.

If you need an alternate suggestion for a movie to scratch your Oscar itch, see Phantom Thread.