The Coen Brothers' return to Westerns, an anthology of 6 short stories, works as an emotional sine wave: the first two stories (with TB Nelson and Franco) are decent, the third (with Liam Neeson) the most engaging/devastating, the fourth (Tom Waits) again decent. But then the movie takes a nosedive with the sluggish fifth (Zoe Kazan), and struggles to get back up with the last (Gleeson). This is odd, because anthologies usually save the best for last. All its surprises notwithstanding, I'm not sure I'd recommend this to everybody, even if to watch the perfect Neeson segment.
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