Clooney, Malkovich, and McDormand are all great. Brad Pitt's character was a bit too over the top silly for my taste, though I really enjoyed the way they resolved his story. The side cast is amazing -- Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins are Oscar caliber actors. The scenes with JK Simmons and David Rasche at CIA headquarters trying to figure out what is going on are hysterical.
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George Clooney's chair will become a Hollywood icon, I predict
--Jason "it is not better than Fargo, but it is close" Evans