Black Comedy + Subtle Satire = FARGO / Best Picture 1996

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2001)

Anyone who cannot see, enjoy, and appreciate:
-the subtlety of this movie,
-the subtlety of the performances, esp. Frances McDormand's,
-the unexpected justaposition of comedy with serious drama,
-the deliberate pace of this movie,
-the humor in regional accents that are rarely heard in major films,
-the bizarre disconnectedness of the town residents from reality,
-the richness of the colors of the pallette with which the Coens worked,
-the nearly perfect storytelling of this movie,
....will never enjoy this movie. But if you find yourself appreciating even one of those items above, then you are on your way to understanding why this small movie will live on long and prosperously after the pompously presumptuous 'English Patient' has been relegated to its deserved obscurity and finally dethroned from its dubious place as 1996's Best Picture.
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