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Movie Overview
Cast
• Frances McDormand
• William H. Macy
• Steve Buscemi
Director
• Joel Coen
MPAA Rating
R
Fargo (1996)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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"[Marge is] a good cop because everything abnormal stands out like a stain against her white-on-white sanity.... [H]er incomprehension [of criminality] is not only her strength as a detective, it justifies the deadpan style of the movie."  Blogcritics.org  Alan Dale

5/5
"One of those rare pictures about which I have nothing negative to say."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"This is the film's genius, its emulation of true crime's obsession with prosaic or spectacular minutiae, coupled with a refusal to make such details cohere into master plans and meanings."  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

90/100
"Finally, [the Coens] have given us characters we can care for, a story that keeps us wondering, hoping and guessing, as well as the distinctive visual style that marks all Coen productions."  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

4/4
"It combines a sheer energy of satire, comedy and thriller that it seems at first glance an impossible movie to make."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

4/4
"[The Coen brothers'] very best film, crammed with memorable characters and quotable dialogue."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

A
"One of the more entertaining films of the 1990s."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

8/10
"Fargo shows Coens' film-making ability at its best."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

3/4
"It's easy to admire what the Coens are trying to do in Fargo, but more difficult to actually like the film."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

4/4
"Any movie that can do that and get away with it as efficiently as Fargo does is something to treasure."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4/4
" Thank you, brothers Coen. You have renewed my faith in the serious talent who cannot be lured into the pecuniary heavens of Hollywood."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

7/10
"Overall, the movie's plot-line is so-so, the acting is above par, the soundtrack is original, and some memorable scenes reside."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

5/5
"One of those movies that you will either love or hate."  ToxicUniverse.com  John A. Nesbit

8/10
"...one of the most hilariously twisted murder mysteries to come along since, well, since never."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

4/4
"This is truly a brilliant film, the kind you don't see often. Intelligent, raw, funny, daring and unique, pure cinematic delight from start to end."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

high +2 out of -4..+4
"Even a lunch pulled from a buffet adds texture to the film."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3.5/4
"An odd, intriguing, and entertaining film."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

4/5
"Um dos grandes trunfos de Fargo reside em seus diálogos. O problema é que estes duelos verbais travados entre os personagens perdem muito durante a tradução para o português."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

5/5
"The best movie heroine in years."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

10/10
"I could have done without the blood (including a scene with a person being fed into a wood chipper), but the comedy is hilarious."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

A
"This is a near brilliant/near masterpiece (if not an outright masterpiece)."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

"(The Coen's) assured steps from darkness into light is a cinematic balancing act"  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Shane Burridge
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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