A home run for the Coen Bros.

Rating: 8/10 (28 February 2014)

What's cool about "Fargo" (and there's plenty here to like) is that the crime-solving police officer is a woman -pregnant, no less- and on one treats her any differently. Marge Gunderson's a great character, and kudos to Frances McDormand for bringing her so vividly to life.
But in and of itself, "Fargo is a great crime movie, full of quirk and memorable characters (gotta love the Minnesotan accents), and darkly hilarious from beginning to end. The blinding white snow lends a great atmosphere to the whole thing. And no one involved in the crime is altogether bright, so you know this thing's going to go South in every possible way. Buscemi and Macy both play terrific losers (you just want to wring Macy's neck, he's such a sad sack), and the movie is full of Cieras! A loser car to go with the movie's pack of loser criminals.
It all makes for one terrifically entertaining movie. And that image of the socked foot sticking out of the woodchipper is one for the ages.
8/10