"Fargo" feels, smells, like real life. Only more interesting.

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2010)

"Fargo" is a clear example of how cinema may sometimes be too good for real life.
During it's running time, we get real-life experiences that deal with family, ambition, mental weakness, tragedy, romance, and even comedy.
"Fargo" is an interesting mix of the fore-mentioned emotions and through a clever plot, excellent acting, real life mannerisms, and brutality we get one of the most complete movies ever made.
The acting is sui generis, solid. Frances McDormand's role should be praised by the people around North Dakota because of the accent, the typical words, and more. Still, if you are not familiar with the region like me, you can still recognize the tremendous job by her. She's credible and delivers performs perfectly many emotions. William H. Macy steals the show and you end up feeling pity for him. Excellent! Steven Buscemi is always a treat to watch. I enjoyed his psycho performance. Peter Stormare is scary alone and should be considered as one of the most feared cold blooded killers from the 90's.
The settings are claustrophobic even if we talk about a highway! You can feel the tension and fear when the psychotic duo kill the cop.
"Fargo" is a roller-coaster of emotions. It will scare you at some points, make you feel uncomfortable, sad, angry, preoccupied, etc.
The merit about it is keeping a real life like vibe during it's running time and throwing some typical expressions from the region. After all, the movie is about a female cop investigating a murder. But thanks to a solid script the movie deals with more thematics that derive from a thing that went wrong.
Fantastic movie.