Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2004)

-SPOILER ALERT-!!!!!
With the release of Fargo the Coen brothers have once again established themselves as top-of-the range film directors, who can produce expertly crafted, well plotted, and hilarious movies.
Fargo might be full of blood and considered unsuitable for anyone younger than 16, but it's so over-the top at times, that you can't help but laugh. Not that this is a bad thing. Too often we're exposed to thrillers that take themselves too seriously and revel in the dark light they cast upon themselves.
The cast is excellent. Once again William H Macy provides a stunning performance, this time as the crafty -- yet mild mannered -- Jerry Lundegraad. Jerry works as a car salesman and as the movies starts, we learn that he's in a slight bother (as usual). He's so hard up for cash that he hires a pair of dim-witted thugs to kidnap his wife in the hope that her rich father will pay the ransom, and Jerry can get a sizeable profit from it. Predictably things go wrong on a titanic scale, and by the end of the movie, most of the main character's have been reduced to rotting carcases.
What makes Fargo irresistible to watch in the end is it's spellbinding photography, as we're exposed to scenes of snowy America, and the interesting and amusing characters. All in all, if you've not seen this movie, you're missing out!