Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Release Date: 05/12/2009
SubTitles: Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/Espanol/Por/French/Italian
Sound: DHMA/DD/DTS-ESM
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Filmmaking siblings
Joel Coen and
Ethan Coen both embraced and poked satirical fun at their Minnesotan roots with this
comedy-
drama-
thriller that earned seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay.
Frances McDormand stars as
Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief whose affable, folksy demeanor masks a whip-smart mind. When a pair of motorists are found slain not far from the corpse of a state trooper,
Marge begins piecing together a case involving a pair of dopey would-be kidnappers,
Carl (
Steve Buscemi) and
Gaear (
Bergman stock player
Peter Stormare). They've been hired by
Jerry Lundegaard (
William H. Macy), a car salesman under the thumb of his wealthy, overbearing boss and father-in-law,
Wade (
Harve Presnell).
Jerry's raised some money illegally through a petty scam he's run on General Motors and he's about to get caught. When
Wade sours a business deal that could save his son-in-law's hide, the desperate
Jerry hires
Carl and
Gaear to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom. Things go predictably wrong and a series of murders occur, with
Marge, waddling along behind her enormous belly and ever-hungering for an all-you-can-eat buffet, hot on the trail of the killers. Although the credits for
Fargo state that the film is loosely based on real events, the story is entirely fictional, the claim being just an ironic jibe on the part of the Coens.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
;)
