STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

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Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Frances McDormand Steve Buscemi William H Macy Peter Stormare

Directors Joel Coen

Screenwriters Joel Coen Ethan Coen

Running Time 97 minutes

Fargo (18)

Plot
A desperate businessman hires two hoods to kidnap his wife, in order to grab the ransom money for himself. However, when small-town sherrif Marge Gunderson starts to investigate, his carefully laid plan goes horribly wrong.

Verdict
The Coens are still a million miles from Hollywood staple, but with Fargo's comic felicity, gun-packing coolness and ability to come up with the totally unexpected, they maintain their place among America's most important filmmakers. Excellent.


Reviewer: Ian Nathan

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