A Black Comedy With Many Subtleties

Rating: 9/10 (27 September 2015)

Fargo is an odd film if you don't know exactly what you are watching before you start. Last year, I watched this movie with my parents, who thought the movie in fact WAS based on a true story, and it was a drama, in the same region as Zodiac. For those that have watched the movie, this is obviously the worst possible way you could watch this movie.
Fargo is a comedy in every form, but also a cold (literally) crime tale with a warm centre in the form of Frances McDormand's character, Margie. The main comedy in the movie comes in the questions asked by the viewer: "Why are they doing this like this? Surely there is a better way?" The point is none of these characters really realise how to do the tasks they've been assigned, and fail in the simplest, most embarrassing manner, like watching somebody fall of a bicycle in slow motion. But the more thrilling parts of the movie come when these characters are given the power to capture, harm, or kill.
To say anything else would risk spoiling the movie, but know that it is an essential to modern contemporary comedy, in telling a repeated story from a unique perspective.