Real Good Then

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2005)

Possibly the darkest of all comedies, Fargo puts aches in my stomach but taste in the cinemas. Frances McDormand plays the very pregnant homicide detective which remains the most important well played character in the movie even though we see her in the very deep center of the movie. The simple accents, quirky characters, and tiny jokes hid the film away from its darkness. If not for those things the movie would far from a comedy. The wood chipper sequence, the cruel laugh Carl screamed when Gene fell in the snow, and of course the idea of kidnapping your own wife. The movie also was funny because it didn't try to be. For instance when Carl was being beaten up by Shep or when he was shot in the face or when blew a fuse on the parking man. The movie was made in a way that seemed funny yet mixed it in with death. This film is great, made well, written well, and extremely funny.