Coen brothers best

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2012)

This is quirky beyond belief, even for the Coen brothers. Without giving too much away, William H. Macy is Jerry, a dishonest car salesman(redundant, I know) who through a series of money games, needs to raise a good deal of cash quickly. He arranges the kidnapping of his wife by a couple of low life's headed by the super creepy Steve Bescemi in his most evil role.
Jerry has the idea of having his father in law pay the ransom for his daughter. The best laid plans of mice and men soon go awry and what follows is part keystone cops and part Greek tragedy. Equal measure sardonic black comedy, violent crime drama and domestic romance, this is a brilliant work of art with a perfect script and characters so fully realized that I have to rate it a 10/10. This is a flawless film from beginning to end.