Fargo

1996 "A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere."
8.1| 1h38m| R| en
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Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

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Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
Tacticalin An absolute waste of money
HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
shemarnold Finally got round to seeing this and I was rather disappointed. It is slow paced and sometimes that's not a bad thing but it seems the reason in this case is that the movie wouldn't be long enough otherwise and still don't know why the scene with the infatuated Japanese man was in the movie! More padding? It's not all bad though. It's a ok movie and there are good acting performances all round, funny dialogue and good on screen chemistry between the actors. Just a little overrated. Go in with lower expectations and you won't be as disappointed as I was.
hewilson2-72-796868 I'm certain that the main reason for my lowest of low ratings is that I was lead to believe I would be viewing a comedy. Like most films, I heard about Fargo word of mouth and everything I heard was about how funny it was. Laughs they all said. Hilarious I was told...back in '96. So when it came out on pay per view in late '96 or early '97, I attempted to watch it. More than half way through, I had not so much as chuckled. As a matter of fact, I was shocked and depressed. So I turned it off. Never saw the end. Then I had some conversations with my friends/coworkers/colleagues who had raved about it. "Oh you just didn't give it a chance" they all said. "Watch it all the way though" I was told. So here I am 20 + years later with a new open mind, ready to be amused. Prepared for chuckles and belly laughs. And this time, I watched all the way through. What did I discover? Nothing. Still depressing. Still pointless. Still completely, totally, entirely humorless. Not clever. Not interesting. Just depressing. Makes me wonder about the psychology of all those folks who raved about all the humor in this film. Makes me wonder how I would have felt about it had it not been presented as a comedy. As it is, just meh.
julianrosser-440-787839 One of my all time favourites and one of the Coen brothers masterpieces. So good that it led to two subsequent tv series which are both outstanding. Funny, intricate and with wonderful acting by Frances McDormand, Bill Macy and Steve Buscemi in particular. The more times you watch it the more you'll see how good it is. And who'd be without a wood chipper after seeing that scene ?!
Davis P Fargo (1996) is a Cohen Brothers film, starring Frances McDormand and William H. Macy. I watched this film because of McDormand mainly, she's just such a great actress and I knew anything with her in a starring role would surely be great. And I was 100% right, Francs McDormand does not disappoint one bit as the lead, Margie, who's a Minnesota police officer. She is investigating a case of three homicides, and it turns out to be attached to something much bigger. William H. Macy plays a man who is trying to come into some money, he hires two men to kidnap his wife and arranges for his very wealthy father in law to pay the ransom. The performances in this film are top notch, Macy and McDormand give it their all. The writing is great too, the dialogue for each character suits them perfectly. It's so great to see a film with both great acting and smart writing. The ending is especially well done. The Cohen Brothers hardly ever make a bad film, and this one is just of the examples of that being true. Fargo gets a 9/10. Definitely on my must watch list.