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Fargo | 
| Director: Joel Coen
Actors: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Frances Mcdormand, Kristin Rudrued
Studio: MGM
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 25.98
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Rating:  202 reviews
Sales Rank: 12861
Format: Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0792846427
UPC: 027616851543
EAN: 9780792846420
ASIN: 0792846427
Theatrical Release Date: March 8, 1996
Release Date: January 18, 2002
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From Amazon.co.uk
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 humour. At times shocking and hilarious, IFargo/I is utterly unique and distinctly American, bearing the unmistakable stamp of its inspired creators. --IJeff Shannon, Amazon.com/I
Amazon.com Essential Video
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 IFargo/I embraces its local yokels with affectionate humor. At times shocking and hilarious, IFargo/I is utterly unique and distinctly American, bearing the unmistakable stamp of its inspired creators. i--Jeff Shannon/i
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Better than I expected. June 14, 2007
Kenneth Scheffler (Canada)
I never really thought much of this movie based on the short clips of it that I've seen, and managed to avoid it until a short while ago, when I came across the video for sale for a loonie and for some reason decided to buy it. Needless to say, it was better than I had expected, although it was rather on the grim side. It amazes me somethimes how flippant American culture can be about such brutality. I wonder if the people responsible for this movie realize the fact that these kinds of movies normalize this kind of behaviour. But what do they care, in the end it will only given them or other Hollywood-types more "actual events" to base movies on.
 Absolutely should have won best picture September 26, 2004
Kilgore (Canada)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
And Macy should have won best actor and Buscemi best supporting actor. But then the Oscars are just one big commercial and have nothing to do with quality.pFargo is another fine movie from the Coen Brothers. Uncompromising, grusome at times, wonderful character study and hilarious. Looks at how ordinary everyday people react to very unordinary circumstances and Macy is a study in how someone reacts when they get in way over their heads. GREAT MOVIE
..that was your accomplice there in the woodchipper. July 13, 2004
Yurodivyi (Northern Tennessee)
Fargo fits into a tiny crack between popcorn flick and truly interesting, and not just because it's based on a true story. It feels the right amount of homely and immersing to be just another irrelevent kidnapping drama, all the while keeping its simplistic movie feel.pThe story is told from mutliple perspectives of the main characters. A less-than-successful car salesman Jerry Lundegaard [Macy] agrees to pay two crooks, Carl Showalter [Buscemi] and Gaear Grimsrud [Stormare] to kidnap his wife Jean [Rudrued]. But along the way, complications happen and the body count rises as Lundegaard and his two hired crooks try, unsuccesfully, to follow through on their plan. Through this, we meet the primary character, or the one whose perspective we look through most--Marge Gunderson [MacDormand], a 7-months-pregnant police officer who takes it upon herself to figure out the situation.pFargo has more of a small town murder investigation plot than a dramatic something-isn't-quite-right kidnapping focus, which does nothing to worsen the quality of the overall storyline and how it plays out, but there are points where you can spot editing errors and total blandness, but the movie itself is shorter than you would expect and manages to work in such an innovative take on the genre to the frame. The acting is done well and is completely convincing, and the good direction goes hand-in-hand with it. As mentioned, there are spots were the script could be better done, but so much whereas it takes away from the feel of the movie.
FARGON CONCLUSION July 2, 2004
paul scwatz. (miami,oh,usa)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
i SAW THIS MOVIE ONLY TWICE. The firstbr time I was drunk i also love guys but holes , the second time i was giving birth and the third tme I WAS IN THE LOCAL JOINT FOR STRONG BODY ODOR ROBBERY. I think that thisd movie was so extremely sad that i was laughing for three hours as i swallowed my underarm deoderant tablets.buy this movie now its good
A Shocking Film that took me completely by Surprise. May 11, 2004
Ryne Williams (Cleveland, TN USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I expected Fargo to be a light hearted comedy that was set in the midwest. The movie not only was funny but it was thrilling and violent as well. The movie was good, very good actually. Frances McDormand did a wonderful job playing Marge the pregnant police officer. All the other performances are great including Steve Buschemi's as the ransomer of William H. Macy's wife. The plot is very gripping and the low score and cinematography was good too. I highly reccomend this film.
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