good film

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2010)

This was one of the first Coen brother film I had seen and now want to see more. They did a great job verisimilitude or making everything seem real. When the bar owner shoveling his drive way has the conversation with the cop, I could have swore that neither of them were actors and there just happened to be a camera there. The film has a very simple vibe where nothing dramatic ever happens that often yet when it does happen it makes it that more dramatic which may sound silly and obvious but if you watch the film you'll get what I'm saying. The film has the wonderful mid-west vibe to it which the over exacerbated accents really add too. It adds this great humor to the film which really helps you get through all the slower more informative parts of the film. Not only that but the story it self is all over the place leaving you thinking there no way this simple pregnant women can solve this murder. Yet when it all come together for her you get to really see how she just slowly but surely figure out every little detail to the case. Then they add mystery too it because they never even address the money once the only character who knew it was there died. Great acting, great plot, great story and all the other things I address's add up to make this one of my all time favorite films.