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| Release Date: |
March 8, 1996 (LA/NY) |
| Genre: |
Suspense, Drama, Crime, Comedy |
| Running Time: |
98 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality. |
| Director: |
Joel Coen |
| Writer: |
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Cast: |
William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Kristin Rudrud, Harve Presnell, Tony Denman, Gary Houston, Sally Wingert, Kurt Schweickhardt, Larissa Kokernot, Melissa Peterman |
Fargo is a real-life story about a plan where nothing seems to go right and the simplest plan can turn out to have extremely high costs, including murder. Minnesota, 1987. Jerry Lundegaard is a car salesman, who, to get himself out of a debt, hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife. Jerry gives the two criminals a car and plans on paying them an additional $80,000 after he gets a $1,000,000 ransom from his Read more
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Movie Review
Grade: B+
In the midst of high budget action films and emotional dramas is Fargo, a movie that doesn't seem to really fit into a genre. It's a dark comedy but based on true events which doesn't make it as funny. Some scenes are funny, some scenes are not (and are not supposed to be), and it jumps back and forth throughout the movie. Fargo is unquestionably weird, with a town full of Nordic speakers and a twisted plot where nothing seems to go right (in the movie, I mean). Undeniably Fargo makes fun of the ones who set it all up, expressing the stupidity of it all. Some times, I was lost, but halfway through, I started to pick up what it was all about and began to really enjoy it. The main character, Marge Gunderson, isn't even introduced until halfway through the 98-minute movie, which made me wonder how she won an Academy Award (though in real life she does not have the accent). Nevertheless, she did a good job and smoothed out the rough edges in Fargo. Still, you have to see it to believe it; words can't describe Fargo. Read the full movie review
User Comments & Reviews
fargo, by mr. pink
December 8, 2003
whoever wrote the main review of this movie is a moron, obviously no research was done and the reviewer didnt "get it" at all....the movie is not based on factual events, that line was part of the satire intended by the cohens...yes this movie is a satire, albeit a dark twisted one, is it an easy movie to watch? no. but the movie unfolds like a dark poem, something poe and swift might come up with if they were to collaborate together over a barrel of bourbon and a mound of cocaine...its an important movie saturated in symbolism and should be a required watch in college lit. classes
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