Fargo . Tucson Weekly . 03-28-96

Fargo

DIRECTED BY: Joel Coen

REVIEWED: 03-28-96

A wonderfully deadpan thriller/comedy about a couple of mediocre psychokillers being chased by a mediocre cop. Frances McDormand is terrific as Marge Gunderson, a patient, pregnant chief of police plodding along after Jerry Lundergaard (William H. Macy), a financially insolvent car dealer who has his wife kidnapped so that he can scam the ransom money for himself. Of course, the plan goes awry, and half the fun of this movie is watching the perky, have-a-nice-day citizens of the northern Midwest getting caught in the cogs of gruesome crime. Only the Coen brothers could pull off such a effortless blend of humor and gore.

--Stacey Richter

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