A highly overrated piece of garbage

Rating: 2/10 (23 February 1999)

"Fargo:" has to be one of the most overrated films in history. Academy Award nominations and wins? Breathless praise for Frances McDormand? Talk of it as a classic? One of the best 100 movies of all time?
Give me a break! I'm sorry, but the plot was as flat as the landscape, the violence was off-putting and there wasn't enough humor to make this movie a black comedy. I don't have anything against the Coen brothers; "Raising Arizona" was great. But this effort failed miserably, in my opinion.
Why was McDormand honored so highly? All she did was walk around a little, drink coffee and talk in an exaggerated Midwest accent. Macy, I'll admit, was good. But overall, the film was a miserable waste of time. I guess I'll never understand some people's idea of "classic."