To put in simple terms – The Coen’s are genius'.
Jerry Ljundergard wants money from his rich threatening old father in law, so Jerry hires two men to kidnap his wife. Hopefully the dad will pay the henchmen the required amount and Jerry will pocket it.
Unfortunately the dad is Jerry’s boss and owns the car firm where Jerry works, now nothing will go right, and nothing does. After the kidnapping the two men are pulled over by a squad car. The wife is tied up in the back.
A messy situation occurs resulting in three homicides. The hero of the film is a seven-month pregnant police woman who is assigned to the case. She is more concerned about morning sickness than homicide. She is great.
Eventually the men get there money but at a huge cost. The beautifully crafted ending is wonderful, when Margie demands to know why all this happened?
“Over a little bit of money”
The Coen’s love their little touches of character building. Like Margie’s bald artistic husband Norm who is trying to get one of his pictures on a stamp. Beautifully written and directed. No one comes close to the cleverly constructed scenes in any Coen bros film.
Since I have finally seen ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ I can say ‘Fargo’ is not just a one off. The Coen’s must choreograph every scene carefully with meticulous detail. There is not one of their films that is normal or ordinary. Every one is a classic. No-one is making films like them, that is why they rarely get pigeon holed into a certain genre or category. This movie I could watch until I died. I love every scene.
Hurry up guys, I want another “classic” like this. Then I would die happy.
