Holy smokes, a Coen bros. movie that doesn’t have anything that really irks me. Miller’s Crossing omits the majority of their blandly juvenile humor and it turns out they actually have talent for creating dignified drama. Makes you wonder what could’ve been. Well, I’m happy to have one of the tightest-written gangster movies I’ve ever seen. How tasty it was to have a simply great story that avoided common pitfalls regarding length and pacing. The Coen bros. need to get writer’s block more often.