Fargo (1996) [VHS]
by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Actor: Frances McDormand, Kristin Rudr?d, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, William H. MacyDirector: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producer: Ethan Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen
Producer: Joel Coen
Writer: Joel Coen
Producer: Eric Fellner
Producer: John Cameron
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 98 minutes
Release Date: 1999-08-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of Fargo (1996) [VHS]
Movie Review: An Absolute Hoot
Summary: 4 Stars
Gotta admire those salty Midwesterners. Not even a kidnapping plot gone awry with some unforeseen bloodletting will affect their unflappable "okey dokey" optimism. And it's this tongue-in-cheek tribute to Midwestern grit that makes the Coen Brothers' FARGO such a delight--dark humor and supreme quirkiness notwithstanding. This is a fun ride, no matter how bleak the story becomes, don't ya know.
The outstanding cast features two standouts who really make this movie glide like a curling iron on the ice (gotta use that Northern metaphor, ya see). They would be William H. Macy as used car salesman Jerry Lundegaard, and Frances McDormand as Brainerd Police Chief Marge Gunderson. Both actors are topnotch as happy-go-lucky Minnesotans who maintain their demeanor no matter what the external circumstances, which become considerable. Especially McDormand playing a very pregnant officer facing unspeakable carnage; she refuses to jettison her "keep yer chin up" philosophy--which accounts for the unmistakable charm of this film. (And its humor, which often has to be taken simultaneously with serious shock value.)
Funny, outrageous, dark, quirky, often downright sad, FARGO has become a timeless portrayal of Midwestern nuance at its nonsensical best. Which makes this entertaining movie the hoot that it is, eh?
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
Summary of Fargo (1996) [VHS]
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 ShannonComedy VHS Video
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