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Fargo

1996

Joel Coen

Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare ...

7.8

101,813

Thriller. Mystery Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide. Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most fabulous movie cops in film history. The very-pregnant Marge--played marvelously by Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning and career-defining ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The Coens are at their clever best (...) The film makers' absurdist humor and beautifully honed storytelling give it a winning acerbity"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the best films I've ever seen. To watch it is to experience steadily mounting delight, as you realize the filmmakers have taken enormous risks (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"[McDormand's] performance is remarkable (...) The film's style matches and underscores its content so that there is hardly a false note"
		Marc Lee Telegraph	"'Fargo' is not only the Coen brothers' best film; it's also their funniest and their most accessible (...) The star of the show, however, is Frances McDormand"
		Leonard Klady Variety	"Joel and Ethan Coen manage the precarious balancing act of respecting genre conventions and simultaneously pushing them to an almost surrealistic extreme."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The Coens wouldn't know how to make a dull movie or an obvious move. And here, while making it look easy, they make us see ourselves in the best and worst of human behavior."
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"This may be a masterpiece of sorts, but it left me feeling rotten."
		Ian Freer Empire	"Witty, superbly shot and brilliantly acted. Terrific (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"This is one of the smartest American movies of the young year. And Frances McDormand's Marge is one of the smartest protagonists"
		George Perry BBC	"The beauty of the film is in the subtle detail of the dialogue and performances which continue to enchant on repeat viewings (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[It] works like a charm. A really weird charm (...) [An] amusing, absorbing-but violent-story"
		Eric Henderson Slant	"[A] smartly constructed, wickedly executed black comedy about the inherent weirdness of people (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

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