Everything goes wrong when a troubled husband hires two amateur kidnappers to kidnap his wife. Nothing gets better as he originally planned, everything just seems to get much, much worse. In the great new film from the Coen brothers, you won't know whether to cover your eyes, or laugh them out.

Academy Awards '96: Best Actress (McDormand), Best Original Screenplay; Australian Film Institute '95: Best Foreign Film; Cannes Film Festival '96: Best Director (Coen); Independent Spirit Awards '97: Best Actor (Macy), Best Actress (McDormand), Best Cinematography, Best Director (Coen), Best Film, Best Screenplay; National Board of Review Awards '96: Best Actress (McDormand), Best Director (Coen); New York Film Critics Awards '96: Best Film; Screen Actors Guild Award '96: Best Actress (McDormand); Writers Guild of America '96: Best Original Screenplay; Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards '96: Best Actress (McDormand), Best Film; Nominations: Academy Awards '96: Best Cinematography, Best Director (Coen), Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Macy); British Academy Awards '96: Best Actress (McDormand), Best Director (Coen), Best Film, Best Original Screenplay; Cesar Awards '97: Best Foreign Film; Directors Guild of America Awards '96: Best Director (Coen); Golden Globe Awards '97: Best Actress--Musical/Comedy (McDormand), Best Director (Coen), Best Film--Musical/Comedy, Best Screenplay; MTV Movie Awards '97: Best On-Screen Duo (Stormare/Buscemi); Screen Actors Guild Award '96: Best Supporting Actor (Macy).

The cast includes:
  • William H. Macy
  • Frances McDormand
  • Steve Buscemi
  • Peter Stormare
  • Harve Presnell
  • Steve Reevis
  • John Carroll Lynch
  • Kristin Rudrud
  • Steve Park
  • Jose Feliciano


The Coen brothers absolutely can not and will not be stopped. I don't think they could make a bad movie if they tried. Fargo is non-stop fun from start to finish. And the thick Minnesotta accents just make it more fun. I saw this movie twice in the theatre, because you can't just see it once, and if you do, something ain't right up-stairs. Not all of your dogs are barking.



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