Have you ever seen a movie without actually seeing it?
I have never actually sat down to watch Fargo but it as like I had seen the entire film before.
Anyway, Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) has a money making idea, but needs a bunch of money to get it started - so he decides to have his wife kidnapped in order for his rich father-in-law to pay the fake ransom and therefore, front the money for his idea.
He hires a pair of crazy criminals, Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife - in return he would give them a small fee and a car.
Of course, everything goes wrong. The pair of criminals go on a sudden killing spree and all hell basically breaks loose.
Everything would be fine for the group of criminals if it wasn't for small-town cop Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand), who takes it upon herself to solve the murders of the town, and leads her to Jerry and the kidnapping.
Like I said, I felt as if I had seen all of this before, I knew basically everything that was going to happen - but still it was great to finally see it.
Buscemi was, as always, amazing. And McDormand, who has never really resonated with me before, was brilliant in this role.
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I get that feeling a lot, though it's usually with films older than this. Apocalypse Now was a big one.
ReplyDeleteI love Fargo so much. Gets better with every viewing. The balance between black, black comedy and sheer tragedy is so perfect. And, as usual, the Coens insert some terribly memorable characters into the proceedings.