Fargo
by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Actor: Harve Presnell, Kristin Rudr?d, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, William H. MacyDirector: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: NTSC
DVD Release Date: 1999-08-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Fargo
DVD Review: Suspenseful and unsettling. I still felt uncomfortable 3 days after watching it. No wonder it got 2 Oscars in 1997.
Summary: 5 Stars
It's suspenseful and unsettling. I still felt uncomfortable 3 days after watching this movie. The acting is entertaining and engaging. It kept my eyes glued to the screen from the beginning till the end. The plot is deceptively simple. It could have happened in real life too. It's about a man tried to kill his wife. Yet the directing and acting make it gripping.
No wonder it got 2 Oscars in 1997. One was given to the Coen brothers for best original screenplay. The other was given to Frances McDormand for best actress.
Other good suspense movies are U 571, The Usual Supsects and 28 days later.
DVD Review: Not as good as I expected
Summary: 3 Stars
First off, let me say that I love movies and different/quirky films. I never caught this when it was originally released, but had heard much about it, so I finally watched a copy I recently purchased as a blind-buy.
While this one has its appeal for me, in the setting, the off-beat characters and the domino effect, of the plot itself, I must be honest in stating that I felt like I was watching a "B" movie-not a critically acclaimed one. Visually, you could feel the coldness and the monotony of this film, and the "every-day" characters worked for me. There are several scenes that are memorable such as the guy being shot in the face (just kinda funny), wood chopper scene, and the discussion with the guy shoveling the snow outside. Other than that, for me, it could have been a movie on USA. I love the actors in the film, and the script (well written to convey the overall confusion and "realness" of the characters), but it was not as ground breaking, as I thought it would be.
DVD Review: Red Snow
Summary: 5 Stars
"Fargo" is a guilty pleasure. There's lots of blood and gore & it shouldn't be funny! But when that little foot is sticking out of the wood chipper with the sock still on, it is hilarious as well as awful. Thus, "Fargo" is an excellent tragicomedy. Joel Coen was nominated for a Best Director Oscar and won the award at the Cannes Film Festival. He and brother Ethan won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay while the Chicago Film Critics Association named "Fargo" Best Picture. Frances McDormand plays the police detective Marge Gunderson and picked up the Best Actress Oscar for her efforts. Her performance is excellent, underplayed yet funny, particularly with that exaggerated Northern Midwest accent. Steve Buscemi is chilling as Carl who gets drawn in deeper than he wishes when his partner Gaear played by Peter Storemare lets loose his hair-trigger temper. William H. Macy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the film and is despicable as the weak car salesman who puts his wife at risk. Harve Presnell plays his wealthy father-in-law with so much bravado that we think he deserves his place on the ground in the snowy parking lot. Steve Reevis who was in The Missing (Widescreen Edition) does a good job as the stoic mechanic Shep Proudfoot who can't seem to stay out of trouble. Stephen Park's role as Mike Yanagita is an impressive cameo as he follows an inappropriate late night phone call with an even more inappropriate restaurant meeting with Marge. We learn he is a liar and a stalker. However, this is the only part of the film that I can't quite figure out why it's there. It doesn't seem to further the story, but it remains one of my favorite scenes in the film. Roger Deakins was nominated for Best Cinematography, which is breathtaking with the snowy landscape, especially the red snow in the wood chipper scene. Roderick Jaynes was nominated for Best Editing. This is a film that remains high on so many people's lists because it combines humor and what should be a tragic tale of murder and betrayal. That it works is testament to the talents of the Coen brothers. It is a classic. Enjoy! DVD Review: Fargo; some thoughts....
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this film some 12 months ago. What more can be written about it I don't know. It's Coen Brothers and their work, in my book, is unparalleled. An excellent film; like all of their others!!!DVD Review: Very Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
This was the worst movie I've ever seen!!! Every other word in this film was a cuss word. The murders were extremely brutal and graphic. There wasn't much of a plot and it was extremely boring. It depicts all the people from Minnesota as weird. The worst part was, I ordered a book off of a Christian category and this movie popped up as being recommended. There was absolutely no correlation between the two. My husband and I watched it one night while our children were gone. Thank goodness. We would have turned it off if they had been watching. I will be throwing this movie away. I wouldn't even give it to anyone.
Description of Fargo
Leave it to the wildly inventive Coen brothers (Joel directs, Ethan produces, they both write) to concoct a fiendishly clever kidnap caper that's simultaneously a comedy of errors, a Midwestern satire, a taut suspense thriller, and a violent tale of criminal misfortune. It all begins when a hapless car salesman (played to perfection by William H. Macy) ineptly orchestrates the kidnapping of his own wife. The plan goes horribly awry in the hands of bumbling bad guys Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare (one of them being described by a local girl as "kinda funny lookin'" and "not circumcised"), and the pregnant sheriff of Brainerd, Minnesota, (played exquisitely by Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning role) is suddenly faced with a case of multiple murders. Her investigation is laced with offbeat observations about life in the rural hinterland of Minnesota and North Dakota, and Fargo embraces its local yokels with affectionate humor. At times shocking and hilarious, Fargo is utterly unique and distinctly American, bearing the unmistakable stamp of its inspired creators. --Jeff ShannonComic Criminals DVDs
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