As a writer-director, Nelson keeps the laughs coming at a steady pace, and never condescends to his articulate redneck characters.
Mr. Norton is a pleasure to watch, and so is everyone else.
It's not the violence itself that bothers me, it's just that it completely destroys the tone of the movie.
You could get whiplash from his movie's mood swings.
An offbeat thriller that is deepened -- rather than derailed -- by its tricky shift from darkly funny to just plain dark.