Title: I liked this better after the fact
Product review: The Coens do maintain perfect control over the look and timing and tone of this deeply weird comedy. I didn't even know this was a Coen Bros film until after the credits started rolling. Then it all began to make sense. Before that, I was sometimes confused by the point here: The prologue set in 19th century Poland implies that we are somehow going to be watching a modern-day horror film in which we must watch to see who will be exposed as a type of devil or vampire. When the circa 1967 part of the film begins, it seems to be some type of deeply weird Jewish comedy. Only after awhile, does the viewer settle down and soak up the comic details. The look of suburban Minneapolis at the dawn of the hippy era as flower power just begins to creep into the Midwest is exactly perfect, it seems to me. The soundtrack, mainly songs from the Jefferson Airplane's 1967 classic "Surrealistic Pillow," is also powerful. If you like Coen brothers movies, you will want to catch this.
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