My favourite movie of the 90`s

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 1999)

Winner of 2 Oscars (best original sceenplay, best actress for Frances McDormand), this has to be cult film makers, The Coen Brothers (Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller`s Crossing, The Big Lebowski), best film to date.
Set in a snowy Fargo, North Dakota, and based on a true story which happened in 1987, its the tale of a kidnapping plot, that doesn`t go exactly to plan. Jerry Lundegaard (the brilliant William H. Macy) is losing money fast as a car salesman, his wannabe quick cash schemes catch up on him, forcing him to hire two criminals, Carl and Gaear (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife, allowing him to collect the ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. The bumbling pair are forced to kill a road cop and two civillians along the way (one of those those civvies is actually that artist formerly known as Prince, check the end credits for the "symbol"), provoking a murder enquiry by Marge Gunderson, a dizzy but law abiding cop-ette (McDormand). The plot thickens, twists and turns, in the Coen`s inimitable way.
My favourite film of the 90`s so far, Fargo is a black comedy "stroke" thriller, which is hard to dismiss. Its true to life story, beautiful photography (thanks to Roger Deakins), wonderful characters, melancholy music, vivid script, and the way it captures the Minnesota way of life, is pure brilliance. A complete story, a complete movie, which never needs a sequel. The language has to be noted, as its one of the key points that binds the movie perfectly, and eases the thriller instinct. "Oh you betcha!"