One Fantastic Movie

Rating: 10/10 (20 October 1999)

I love the Coen brothers. I once thought to myself, how can they top Fargo?
This movie does it. All the performances are great, and allow you to get a real feeling for the characters, even if, in cases such as John Turturo's, they are only on screen for a few scenes. The script is amazing in that it keeps you guessing, introducing surprises all the way through, not just one Kaiser Soze-esque twist, but dozens of them. And the direction is ingenious. Any film maker who wants to insert a dream sequence into his film MUST watch this movie, because they can't be done any better.