On the other hand, She has a partner who has an IQ firmly in double digits. The camera and the audience love her. A great character and an impressive piece of acting. Actually, all of the actors from the nervous W. H. Macy to the cocky Harve Presnell to diabolical Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare are all excellent. Many funny scenes are side plots that are not intended to go anywhere.
Characters show up and are never seen again.
A good one is of an old boy friend Marge runs into and decides to have a drink with and who tries to put the moves on her. There is another simple one of her pigging out at the local smorgasbord If Roger Deakins does not get nominated for best cinematography, then the Academy is asleep. The snowy images are so strong. One of the best examples is a scene filmed from on high of Jerry walking despondently across an empty parking lot filled with snow. Most of all, this is a Coen movie, and the best movie they have ever made.