Leave it to the wildly inventive Coen brothers (Joel directs, Ethan produces, they both write) to concoct a fiendishly clever kidnap caper that's simultaneously a comedy of errors, a Midwestern satire, a taut suspense thriller, and a violent tale of criminal misfortune. It all begins when a hapless car salesman (played to perfection by William H. Macy) ineptly orchestrates the kidnapping of his own wife. The plan goes horribly awry in the hands of bumbling bad guys Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare (one of them being described by a local girl as "kinda funny lookin'" and "not circumcised"), and the pregnant sheriff of Brainerd, Minnesota (played exquisitely by Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning role) is suddenly faced with a case of multiple murders. Her investigation is laced with offbeat observations about life in the rural hinterland of Minnesota and North Dakota, and Fargo embraces its local yokels with affectionate humor. At times shocking and hilarious, Fargo is utterly unique and distinctly American, bearing the unmistakable stamp of its inspired creators. --Jeff Shannon

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title:	Fargo
theatricalDate:	08-03-1996
purchase date:	26-12-2005
publisher:	MGM (Video & DVD)
published:	30-09-2003
price:	$14.95
net Rating:	4
MPAA Rating:	R
minutes:	108
last lookup time:	157309632
genre:	Comic Criminals Special Editions
fullTitle:	Fargo (Special Edition)
features:	Closed-captioned Color Dolby Dubbed Subtitled Widescreen NTSC 1.85:1
edition:	Special
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