Fargo (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Fargo (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Funny, yet very tragic
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a knockout comedy/murder mystery. Jerry is an excellent example of the modern tragic figure. One almost feels sorry for him despite his wrongdoing as his desparate plan to solve his financial situation spins out of his control.
Also, Marge Gunderson is an excellent character. Despite her career as a cop, she still seems to retain that bubbliness that is stereotypically attached to people from that area. But in the end, after the completion of her investigation and her encounter with Mike (who turns out to be a fraudulent figure), Marge is completely disillusioned with everything. As she tearfully says "I just don't understand it," she seems to be referring to human nature in general.
However, this film also has its comical parts. The running gag of the midwestern accents throughout the movie is very well done. Also, this film has some great dialogue bits. The "Where's Pancake's House?" conversation is a classic. The recreation of the late 1980's for the film is also highly convincing with the '87-88 Oldsmobiles (many of which today are rusting hulks) and even the scenery with such subtle elements as the Miller sign in the background of one scene.
Truly this film will never die.
Movie Review: Ten. Ten stars. Oh. My. God.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Coen brothers rock. Frances McDormand rocks, like big time. Here we are in Fargo, North Dakota where winter means Winter, and a doofus car salesman's scheme to get money by kidnapping his own wife goes wildly and horribly off the mark, resulting in one, two, three...four? Five? I forget. LOTS of murders in a comedy of errors that are based on a true story. How can this much bloodshed be drop dead (ahem) funny? Easy. Give the story to Joel and Ethan and turn them loose. It's classic Keystone Kop stuff raised to cinema art.And McDormand. Omigod. Talk about deserving the Oscar she got for the role! After this movie, viewers will forever think of her as Marge, the pregnant small-town sheriff who is suddenly but oh, so laconically, finds herself faced not only with morning sickness, indigestion, and a brainless deputy, but also with a case of multiple murders. She is appropriately deadpan with a Midwestern accent, an offbeat view of life - and will always be remembered for the scene in which she points to the badge on her hat to announce her official title, since the guy she's come to arrest can't hear her above the roar of the now-iconic wood chipper.
See. This. Movie.
Now.
Movie Review: yah...this movie rachs...don't cha know!
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know why I waited so long to see this movie. But I'm glad I picked this film up the second the new edition was released. I love this movie! The Coen brother's best work to date is a classic and must own film. Everywhere you look, this movie is riddled with great performances. Obviously Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role, which was greatly deserved. But everyone else was just as great. I'm a big fan of dark comedies. And this lives up to the genre. Is it sick that I die laughing whenever I see the part where Jerry's wife gets out of the car after being kidnapped (blindfolded) and proceeds to run around in the snow in her slippers? I don't know, but that's just one of the many scenes that had me dying laughing. The Coen brothers are very versatile filmmakers (as noted with Intolerable Cruelty; a romance comedy) and I am always up for one of their movies, no matter what subject or genre. Even the score was great! And the extras on the Special Edition are very good too, including a documentary with the Coens and cast. Commentary by the brothers is noticably absent, but maybe like Speilberg, they prefer to let their work speak for itself...which it does.Movie Review: "You should see the other guy!"
Summary: 5 Stars
Rarely do you find filmmakers as consistently creative as the Coen brothers. "Fargo" is, most definitely, their finest achievement. In fact, it's one of the very finest films ever made, let alone one of the best of the 90's. The story involves a car salesman (William H. Macy) who hires two goons (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife, planning to collect the ransom. Needless to say, the kidnapping falls apart, due in no small part to some bad planning on Macy's side.
The cast is great. Macy and Buscemi are really terrific. But it's Frances McDormand who steals the show. She is absolutely perfect. It's no wonder that she won an Academy Award for her performance as pregnant cop Marge Gunderson.
There's a fine score by Carter Burwell, and some stellar cinematography from Roger Deakins. One of the best aspects of the film is the Coen brothers' script, which manages to poke fun at Midwesterners, raise your heartrate, make you cringe, and get you to laugh, all within 98 minutes.
"Fargo" is truly a masterpiece. The cast is terrific, the cinematography is excellent, and the script is outstanding. By all means, watch it.
Movie Review: Wow, This Is Based On Real Events...Oh, Wait, This Is A Work Of Fiction...
Summary: 5 Stars
What kept the Coen's most popular movie from being received as an unwelcoming study in selfish ambition was almost entirely the achievement of a brilliant performance by Frances McDormand, whose pregnant police officer character reached out to the audience as a likable voice of conscience among a multitude of otherwise alienating people. This story of a would-be harmless crime gone very wrong and all the deaths and ruined lives that resulted somehow gets toned down upon reception through the comedic counter-pointing of the climate, accents and culture of the upper Midwest and its people. It surprises me how many today remember the funny moments in this film and forget that it's really a dark production about awful human beings to whom loyalty is unknown, doing things most decent human beings would regard as unconscionable. Fargo falls somewhere between four and five stars, but I'll round up because I admire its originality. Oh, and by the way, the body lying in the snow outside the car the morning after the disturbingly realistic chase scene? That's none other than Minnesota native Prince. I don't know if that bit of trivia is commonly known but I thought I'd mention it.