The Coens remain effortlessly ahead of the American field.
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01/26/06
Fargo (1996)
93 %
Reviews Counted: 61 Fresh: 57 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 8.2/10
Consensus:
Violent, quirky, and darkly funny, Fargo delivers an original crime story and a wonderful performance by McDormand.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, John Carroll Lynch
Director: Joel Coen
Producer: Ethan Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Story: Ethan Coen
Composer: Carter Burwell
Producer: Ethan Coen
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Story: Ethan Coen
Composer: Carter Burwell
Reviews
Top Critic
The beauty of the film is in the subtle detail of the dialogue and performances which continue to enchant on repeat viewings.
04/17/01
Top Critic
Written and directed with the verve, painstaking nuance and outrageously black humour that have become the mainstay of a Coen movie.
01/01/00
Top Critic
Fargo is a strikingly mature, uniqueentertainment that plays on many levels ... all satisfying.
11/06/07
Top Critic
[Marge is] a good cop because everything abnormal stands out like a stain against her white-on-white sanity.... [H]er incomprehension [of criminality] is not only her strength as a detective, it justifies the deadpan style of the movie.
09/26/06
Much less vain, flamboyant, and showy than their other pictures, Fargo bears the thematic influence of Samuel Beckett and the stylish coolness of Finland's Aki Kaurismaki, but the violence is all Coens.
06/26/06
This is a near brilliant/near masterpiece (if not an outright masterpiece).
04/09/05
It's good storytelling ... hilarious, disturbing, tragic, and hopeful. But it's not for the squeamish.
01/15/05
The brothers have returned to their roots, both visually and literally. Their new film is reminiscent of their debut movie, Blood Simple, and its wry look at murder.
06/22/04
For all its blood, the movie contains large doses of humor and not a little sweetness and hope.
01/05/04
[The Coen brothers'] very best film, crammed with memorable characters and quotable dialogue.
10/12/03
Thank you, brothers Coen. You have renewed my faith in the serious talent who cannot be lured into the pecuniary heavens of Hollywood.
05/14/03
This is truly a brilliant film, the kind you don't see often. Intelligent, raw, funny, daring and unique, pure cinematic delight from start to end.
09/10/02
Um dos grandes trunfos de Fargo reside em seus diálogos. O problema é que estes duelos verbais travados entre os personagens perdem muito durante a tradução para o português.
05/31/02
Gunderson (Frances McDormand) [is] the most endearing, hilarious and wholly feminine heroine since Thelma or Louise.
01/18/02
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