No strong female lead, no Frances McDormand, no Fargo success

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2014)

Fargo was well-written and conceptualized. Possibly the Coens' best work.
The fearless and razor-sharp Frances McDormand deserves her award win and more.
A male lead would have totally skewed the story.
Only a female lead, who's pregnant, who is SO naturally portrayed, could make the story work.
Overall, Fargo is engaging, suspenseful. There's some in-ya-face gore, though not of snuff film quantity like those featured in No Country For Sadistic Old Men.
My rating = 9 merit stars - 2 pointless-gore stars = 7 stars.
Hollywood continues to treat such strong female lead as a detour from the male lead "norm". Almost 20 years later, we still don't have enough female-lead driven stories.
FEMALE-LEAD DRIVEN stories. Not women-oriented stories.
Fargo remains highly relevant today. Not only because it is a superbly told story, but because strong non-cliché female lead like this remains one in a hundred good films even today.
But all hope is not lost...
Swedish theaters now goes beyond PG or age limit ratings, and will include women-friendly rating system.
Perhaps IMDb should move faster and adapt or end up looking dated and jaded?