person who has to replace the former president of this big company and in The Big Lebowski Jeff Bridges is mistaken for a man with the same name, in Fargo William H. Macy plans on letting his wife get kidnapped, which eventually goes extremely wrong. The film starts off with Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) who's having a conversation with Carl and Gaear, two criminals with whom he makes a deal to kidnap his wife. Both are played brilliantly by Steve Buscemi, who always plays interesting characters and deserves way more recognition than I feel he gets credit for, and Peter Stormare who's whole posture and facial expressions alone makes you laugh. However, when things go out of hand a cop is put on the case. The investigator, Marge, an Oscar winning role of Frances McDormand, which she totally deserved, sets out to look for what is going on. With large snowy landscapes, which really make you shiver watching them, Fargo tells a very fresh and exhilarating story with great dialogue and is as good as, if not better, than most of the other Coen's works.What is it about?
A cardealer, Jerry Lundegaard, a married man living in a nice home plans on kidnapping his wife. Desperate for some money he hires two men to carry out the job. The three of them then will split the randsom, which will be paid by Jerry's father-in-law and the two man will get a car from the dealer where Jerry works. The two men, Carl Showalter and his partner Gaear Grimsrud, however, are forced to take some unexpected measures which go totally out of hand. After they kidnap
Jerry's wife, they get noticed by a cop. In a fast attempt to not get caught the cop gets killed and when two passerby's in a car, see Carl standing with the cop's dead body held in his arms, the two are taken down as well. Soon the bodies of the three are found and a cop, Marge Gunderson, is put on the case to do some investigation. Always cheery and friendly, Marge, who is alo pregnant, takes her job very seriously. And after she gets close to finding out about Jerry and his kidnapped wife, Jerry gets nervous as well and soon starts making hastily decisions just as the two kidnappers do.Final Verdict: *****
Fargo really is a fun film and will be a pleasant surprise for those who never heard of it before. It's full with clever scenes and great dialogue. The yaaah-ing is so lame and ridiculous, but knowing some people really say there 'yeah's ' in that manner makes it tremedously funny. Frances McDormand really is great as Marge. She is both hilarious as sweet and very likable. Her character isn't the most clever person it seems and she will be totally recognizable for a lot of people. Eveyone knows them. These people who's looks are so simplistic, with afwul hairdo and wrong kitschy furniture. Little details like that, as for example the hideous purple bowl that stands on the coffeetable in Jerry's house and can be seen the moment his wife is watching television, just before getting kidnapped, really add to the brilliance of the film and makes it feel very complete. It couldn't
have been done any better. I also really liked the shot where Marge after having breakfast leaves the house but then returns, because she isn't able to get the car running. The place where they've put the camera splits the shot in two. Left you have Marge's husband eating some eggs and right there is Marge walking outside to her car. Even though the shot isn't that groundbreaking or anything, it is really nice to watch and it adds a lot to the quality of the film. It's nice that besides characters and story they also put much effort in making the film look good as well. Also the scene near the end where Gaear gets busted chopping some 'wood' with a woodchipper by Marge is great, and the expressions on Peter Stormare's face are priceless. Fargo's full with funny and clever moments. It really is a comedy you can't stop watching and one that is actually really funny, which can't be said about most comedies.
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