AVOID THIS MOVIE!!!

Rating: 1/10 (11 July 2000)

I've always heard good things about Fargo, and once it made the AFI's top 100 list of funny movies, I decided to rent it. I very rarely rent R-rated films, but this seemed to be worth it.
In short, my brother and I did not laugh once, nor did we enjoy the film.
First of all, the film is violent and grotesque. I've seen many violent films before, but this went beyond anything I've seen. There are several murders committed. All of them are extremely disturbing in their depiction of blood and guts as well as the complete inhumanity of each killing.
Second of all, the film has numerous moments of gratuitous sex which serve the plot no purpose, other than perhaps additional character degradation.
In my opinion, this film is the second worst thing to happen to mainstream entertainment in the 90s.
The worst thing is that people out there laughed at it. What a blasted hame!