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1996
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3.0
Though Millers Crossing may be the one Coen movie as poetic as it is absurd, Fargo is the brothers smartest film and a matter of fact masterpiece.
Out Magazine
4.5
She talks like one of the MacKenzie brothers, in a Canadian American Scandivanian accent thats strong on cheerful folksiness.
Rogerebert
3.0
The North Dakota setting is icily evocative, the supporting characters perfectly pitched (remember Marges old flame Mike Yanagita), while the air of s ..
The Times
3.0
A fair amount of chicanery and some wonderful twists render L.A. Confidential a true modern classic.
Pop Matters
3.0
Its brilliance in making the forces of law and order look as interesting and funny as the bad guys.
The Guardian
4.5
Grimsrud is a Swedish hulk, who doesnt waste breath on conversation and has a short, deadly fuse.
Eye For Film
0.0
Winner of two Academy Awards (Best Actress and Original Screenplay), with a total of seven nominations including Best Picture, Fargo is a mesmerizing ..
0.0
McDormand aside, the secret might be the perfect pitch of the black comedy, the two elements in rare harmony.
Ft
3.0
Fargo, as wonderful as it was, is a film I will never again need to revisit.
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But if the fade out of Fargo truly reassures us of anything, its that you cant stop whats coming.
The Ringer
4.5
The Coen brothers get back to basics with Fargo by going back to their home state of Minnesota for one of the best films in their career.
Solzy At The Movies
0.0
This curiously overpraised yet solid effort by two of the foremost satirists of contemporary Americana again finds director Joel and writer producer E ..
No La
3.0
As Harrys moral crewmate, Juano Hernandez steals this unrelentingly downbeat picture.
Film Frenzy
3.0
It doesnt make me long for Midwestern winters but it does make me appreciate how beautiful and dangerous they can be.
Battleship Pretension
3.0
A classic story of unique quirkiness, where the characters themselves are just as memorable as the events that unfold.
Mac Guff
3.0
The spirit of comedy counterbalances the violence of the gangster film and trumps it hands down. Kind ordinariness and the wordy story clash victoriou ..
OutWeek
0.0
Fargo begins with a thunderous orchestral score by Carter Burwell as it beckons the audience towards the tragic events that are about to unfold.
In Session Film
3.0
Nonetheless, this is a respectable effort and reasonably rewarding watch that has its good points.
48 Hills
3.0
Lists like this are always subjective, so if your favorite Coens film isnt on there, that doesnt mean its not great (sorry, True Grit fans, we really ..
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