what happens when we get to our breaking point? or a series of breaking points? where do you put all your anger?

some give in to it. there is a lot of vengeance here; none of it painted valiantly. and once you commit to that cycle of retribution, you’ll keep going until there’s nothing left of the person you once were. it’s a classic story, and McDonagh and his cast nail it. McDormand deserves any accolade coming here way, in a part that could easily have gone in a bad direction with a lesser actress. Rockwell is nearly as good, which here is saying a lot.

the characters here break, they try to put themselves back together, and then they break again.

a wise man from another story once said, “all the time you spend trying to get back what’s been took from you, there’s more going out the door. after a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.”

on the way to Idaho, putting on that tourniquet still seemed very much in question. I guess it's up to each one of us to decide if we think that's a good or bad thing.