Rather second-tier Coen brothers but, as with all their work, very well-crafted, directed, and acted. It’s a bit sour, but with some very funny parts Good acting by exceptional pros (Clooney, Pitt, McDormand, Malkevich, Jenkins, Swinton, and others) The plot is classic, convoluted Coen. Affairs galore among the middle-echelon of the nation’s security apparatus come undone when confronted with moronic fitness-center narcissists desperate for the big score. A twisted and funny vision of Americans and the state of America