Out of the Darkness

Rating: Null/10 (11 January 2000)

This is certainly (at the same time) a wonderfully cutting dark comedy and a truly insightful examination of real life in middle class America. With the exception of a couple of gruesome scenes (certainly integral to the story) and the language (again, probably necessary for realism) this is a must see for everyone.
Jerry Lundegard is turning the American dream into the American nightmare. Married to a wealthy woman, his dimwitted greed has dug him into a hole from which his dimwitted ingenuity can never get him out. His plot spirals him deeper and deeper.
The perfect ending to the tale comes with the last of many contrasts between this horrifyingly amoral plot and the wonderfully wholesome Norm and Marge Gunderson. Perfection punctuated!