Snowed out Crime of Insanity

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2010)

William H Macy and Frances McDormand's strong performances carry this film based upon a true incident. This is one of the movies which established Joel & Ethan Coen's reputation as film makers. While the whole crime idea by Jerry Lundgaard (Macy) is insane, the people he hires too kidnap his wife mess up everything. This goes to prove that no amount of money is worth everything.
There are a couple of flaws in the understanding of the plot. I really do not understand why Jerry (Macy) needs to score all that money. A scene that doesn't make sense is when Jerry arrives home to find his wife missing, he carries the groceries all the way to the second floor when the kitchen is one the first floor.
One more thing is I wonder if it is true that a character buries most of the $1 million in a open snow drift, if the money is still out there as there is no indication in the film that anyone has found it. Still the movie plays well & tell the whole story well. It is sort of a prelude to the later No Country For Old Men.