The prototype of an excellent thriller!

Rating: Null/10 (29 January 2001)

At the beginning this film reminded me on Sam Raimi´s "A Simple Plan" which I had seen before and which is also worthy to watch, but very soon "Fargo" develops its very own style. The story is about a quite harmless conspiracy that ends in a total disaster. All happens in a small dump called "Fargo", that is snowy and idyllic, where you couldn´t expect anything evil. But the Coen Brothers take a look behind the facade, a view into the depths of the human soul. It all starts with a kidnapping action that finally leads to five senseless murders. It´s a film about cheating, betraying and killing. At last you´ve got the unpleasent feeling that something could be wrong with your own neighbour... This movie is a brilliant mixture between thriller, drama and satire. There are some macabre/funny scenes in it (when Gear "disposes" his companion Carl) and a lot of peculiar characters, what is usual for the outputs of Joel and Ethan (watch also "The Big Lebowski" and you know what I mean...). Of course, "Fargo" is casted with the obligatory Coen-staff, that contains Joel´s wife Frances McDormand, Peter Stormare and Steve Buscemi who´s stealing the other ones show. Perhaps some people might find this movie dull: "Fargo" is no film with big talk and 10000 dead per minute... You have to pay attention on the subtle humour and the little subtleties in it. Take this advice - and enjoy "Fargo"! (9/10)