Tom Hanks’ Forgotten 2004 Crime Thriller Is The Rare Coen Brothers Misfire

The early 2000s were a dark time for the Coen Bros. They had risen to fame in the mid-1980s with their unique crime films like “Blood Simple” and “Raising Arizona,” and hit their stride in the 1990s with films like “Miller’s Crossing” and “Barton Fink.” They crested in the popular consciousness when they released “Fargo” in 1996, a film that was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and which made over $60 million on its $7 million budget. They chased it with the soon-to-be cult movie “The Big Lebowski,” and their 2001 film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” was also a hit, with a soundtrack that won a Grammy for Album of the Year.