One of the best films of the 1990s

Rating: Null/10 (7 February 2003)

I've seen this film twice now and have just bought the video. Having read some of the negative comments on this website, I can only say - you just can't appreciate good filmmaking! It's brilliant, quirky, blackly humourous with great performances and a memorable score. Even after I had seen the film I could hear Carter Burwell's memorable music. The performances of Frances McDormand, William H Macy and Steve Buscemi are all terrific. It's also unusual to see a film set in a part of the US that we in the UK aren't too familiar with. The complaints I've read about the accents are unjustified - the Minnesota accent certainly makes a change after all the NY, Californian and Southern accents we've heard in the past.
One more thing - it's allegedly based on a true story which happened in 1987, but the end credits state it's fictional.