Fargo......Smargo!

Rating: Null/10 (11 June 1999)

Well, the film isn't bad but it is way overrated. I read Roger Ebert's review on this before I watched it and I was expecting something unworldly excellent and I was wrong. But what else can you expect from a man that didn't like Sleeping with the Enemy, The Guardian, In Dreams, and The Rage; Carrie 2. The film was pretty much a little better than okay. The acting was very mediocre and th script wasn't fabulous. There was little suspense and the characters were people that were ugly, especially that little DORK William Macy. Frances Mcdormand was amusing in some of the scenes because of the way she talked but I was quite appalled about how the police acted in some sequences were very inappropriate and quite unrealistic--trying to be funny and silly as they examine newly discovered dead bodies. The gore at the end is as much as people say and once again the comic in death tone is kept inappropriately. The foot scene was amusing and I was glad to see some the annoying being shot and demolished. The sex scene was amusing , the scene where Frances McDormand was interviewing the two didsy girls was quite funny, but overall the story wan't great. Like There's Something About Mary the story provided a few amusing moments, but that didn't make the film good-just OK. The film was never scary or suspenseful mainly because of the comedic ridiculousness of the situation and I was very glad about the stupid characters fates in this very overrated film. There are much better movies than this and I would suggest In Dreams anyday before this. A bit original yes, but deserving to be on the imdb top 200 certainly not.