Review – Fargo

I was profoundly impressed by the realism of this movie. That’s sort of odd, since it features a hearty helping of the Coen brothers’ quirky sense of dark humor. But watching Murphy’s Law reap vengeance on a gaggle of bumbling, desperate criminals seems more than a little familiar to anyone who’s spent any time reading the case histories of actual kidnappers and murderers. Even if you set aside the crime drama elements, this picture would still have more than enough character and dialogue to keep it going. Neither as goofy as Raising Arizona nor quite as grim as Blood Simple, this is likely to prove to be the Coens’ finest hour. Buy the tape