FargoA car salesman (William H. Macy) is trying to scam his father-in-law of some money, hiring two goons to stage a kidnapping of his wife. Needless to say, things go wrong and continues to do so throughout the movie.
What the hell did I just watch? I went into this having no idea what it was about (except that it was going to feature a wood chipper at the end) and I will say I ended up liking it. Maybe not as much as the Coen Brothers other work (
True Grit and
The Big Lebowski in particular), but still a solid piece. Just as with
Reservoir Dogs, "Mr. Blonde" in this one was also a troubled and disturbing individual. Both Stormare and Buscemi delivered some memorable performances. As did William H. Macy, who did a good job of portraying a really patethic character. I almost felt sorry for him.
Almost.
I really liked Frances McDormand's character though, Chief Gunderson. She had a very odd behaviour to her and kept an almost unnatural calm throughout the movie. A very nice shift in character from the annoying woman I remembered her as in
Burn After Reading.
By the way, what was up with the accents in this? I first thought it was only Macy and his family that would talk like that, but the whole town (or even the state) seem to share it with them. Not that I mind, it just added some more character to these people.
To sum it up; a very dark comedy that got surprisingly violent. I liked it.
And based on
this, you better watch yourself around me, First Blood.
7/10
