Stylish, beautiful, ironic... Like most of the Cohens, though.
And very detached - the situation is completely taken out of context, the heroes, despite the drama of what is happening, do not sympathize. You look like a beautiful picture and wonder about the development of the plot.
I was wondering, why is this filmed? And then I realized it was totally in the spirit of old detectives. From Conan Doyle to Rex Stout. There it was absolutely not customary to overly dramatize the reader and arouse any feelings in him. In that sense, it's a great adaptation of Daschel Hammett.
Another thing that has always bribed me about old American action movies (and the stylized Crossroads) is that the main character is not a superman at all.
He is not able to throw 10 (and often even two), regularly gets in the face and other parts of the body. But his strength lies in the fact that he holds the blow, and stubbornly, like a bulldog, goes to his goal - with the help of intellect, not fists.
This seems to fit the spirit of American society at the time. Another explanation for why America became great.