One of the characters is almost always smoking a cigarette. Parents need to know that Fargo is a now-classic Coen Brothers movie in which a pregnant police chief tries to figure out who was behind a triple homicide that took place on a road outside of town and why. Like so many of the Coen Brothers' films, themes of greed, evil, and duplicity are shown through the local color exemplified in the culture and characters of the region the movie is set in.
The comedy of "Minnesota nice" characters who are quick with a smile and a "Yah, you betcha" offsets the gruesome murders and the indelible image of a man trying to dispose of the body of the man he just murdered with an axe by shoving him through a wood chipper. Characters are shot and killed at close range, often in the head, bloody as they hit the ground.
One of the characters is shot in the jaw and is shown bleeding and suffering as he tries to keep paper towels on his jaw to stop the bleeding. Frequent profanity, including regular use of "f--k" and its variations, including one use by a tween boy. Two of the antagonists have sex with prostitutes in their motel room. A woman is shown being kidnapped by two men who break into her home. The content overall makes this best for older teens and adults.
Add your rating See all 28 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 39 kid reviews. Car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's William H. On the surface, he's a stoic North Dakotan. Inside, he's so desperate for money that he's arranged for lowlifes Carl Steve Buscemi and Gaear Peter Stormare to kidnap his wife for ransom, hoping to get the money from his wealthy but disapproving father-in-law. But everything goes wrong. Jerry can't reach Carl and Gaear when he wants to call off the kidnapping.
After the kidnapping, his gruff father-in-law wants to handle it himself. More importantly, his wife is terrorized, and Carl and Gaear, being basement-level criminals, manage to kill three people on their way out of town. When chief of police Marge Gunderson Francis McDormand gets the case, she unravels the scheme with kindness, pathos, and a ravenous appetite.
Watching this film is like seeing a Joan Didion story come to life: The characters are well-fleshed-out, and their tragedy is clear from the beginning. The tone communicates a feeling of isolation as writers Joel and Ethan Coen build to their terrible conclusion.
In other words, it's deliciously watchable and terribly violent and definitely not for kids. The movie was nominated for and received several Academy Awards for a reason -- this is a well-told, well-paced, and well-acted thriller. Francis McDormand won the Oscar for her portrayal of the pregnant police chief. The film also introduced viewers to a funny and sad William H. Fargo starts with a warning that the story, set in Fargo, North Dakota, is true: The survivors have asked that their names be changed but, "out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred.
The difference here is in the masterful storytelling and excellent acting. Families can talk about Coen Brothers movies. What are some of the distinctive aspects that make up Coen Brothers movies? Movies like Fargo , Raising Arizona , and The Big Lebowski make full use of their settings, of the local region, culture, and color, to bring their stories to life, but also to bring humor to stories that explore the darker sides of human behavior.
How has their use of place made their movies so memorable? What are some other examples of movies or TV shows that fully utilize a region's distinctive culture, attitudes, and accents? While the movie's opening claims that the movie is based on true events, the credits say that it's a work of fiction. The Coen Brothers themselves have been vague on any specific similar incidents that mirror what happens in the movie. Was it misleading to have that caption at the beginning of the movie, or was it another way to give the movie a sense of "reality"?
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Thank you for your support. Our ratings are based on child development best practices. We display the minimum age for which content is developmentally appropriate. The star rating reflects overall quality. Along with this specialized setting is the fact that the Coens, as ever in their films, manage to find a very specific tone, one which so often marks their films. This tone might best be described as one wherein the point of view is that all of the principles and their actions are foolish, bizarre or extreme, but this does not at all mean that they are necessarily looked down on or made the objects of fun.
That is, unless they are looked down on and made the object of fun. This seems to be due to the fact that change appears to come very slowly in this place. The trends and fashions that rule on either coast of the US or any of its big cities look to be of no concern to these very down-home people.
And so what? Being unhip is not a crime. Over the course of the film, the viewer meets many such people and most of them seem to be pretty good eggs. Would they be oddities if they lived in any other environment? The Coens understand this since they come from this part of the world. A Cinema jewel. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. The Coens give new life to an old idea In the end, there are only so many basic plots in cinema.
The Coens manage to achieve a very special tone Along with this specialized setting is the fact that the Coens, as ever in their films, manage to find a very specific tone, one which so often marks their films. Pages: 1 2. Comments 5 Fargo. B says: Reply April 20, at pm. Adrian says: Reply April 20, at pm. SupernaturalCat says: Reply April 21, at am. Other options. Close drawer menu Financial Times International Edition. Search the FT Search.
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