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Watching Syriana, I remember being bumped by Tim Blake Nelson's performance. In a movie marked by consummate, understated acting, his braying union jackass seemed to have wandered in off a Coen Brothers farce—an unpleasantly showy amalgam of Billy Bob Thornton, Danny DeVito and Yosemite Sam. I'm exaggerating because I'm mean, but the effect was distracting. Apparently, audiences where spared an additional morsel of chewed scenery.