Fargo's A Classic

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2011)

Filmmaking siblings Joel Coen and Ethan Coen both embraced and poked satirical fun at their Minnesotan roots with this comedy-drama-thriller entitled,Fargo. It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant police chief who investigates a series of homicides, William H. Macy as a car salesman who hires two criminals to kidnap his wife, Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare as the criminals, and Harve Presnell as the salesman's father-in-law.The movie was produced, directed and written by brothers Coen brothers.
McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson,a pregnant police chief whose affable, folksy demeanor masks a whip-smart mind. When a pair of motorists are found slain not far from the corpse of a state trooper, Marge begins piecing together a case involving a pair of dopey would-be kidnappers, Carl and Gaear. They've been hired by Jerry Lundegaard, a car salesman under the thumb of his wealthy, overbearing boss and father-in-law, Wade. Jerry's raised some money illegally through a petty scam he's run on General Motors and he's about to get caught. When Wade sours a business deal that could save his son-in-law's hide, the desperate Jerry hires Carl and Gaear to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom. Things go predictably wrong and a series of murders occur,with Marge, waddling along behind her enormous belly and ever-hungering for an all-you-can-eat buffet, hot on the trail of the killers.
The movie is a masterpiece for it works at all levels.McDormand excels as the most endearing, funny and wholly feminine heroine. The laughs and shocks in the movie are surprising and also very entertaining.While the storytelling is good for it is hilarious, disturbing, tragic, and hopeful.Overall,Fargo is a classic.