Fargo

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Summary: Amazing Movie And Even Better Script
Review: FARGO by Ethan and Joel Cohen Review written for the internet by Omar Youssef

I saw this masterpiece of a flick when my father brought it home from the video store. Steve Buscemi was not someone I knew at the time, but his performances (all of them) were definetley worth watching in pretty much ANY movie ever made, especially "Tree's Lounge." The film's scenes where the kidnapped mother were actually humorous (especially the scene where she falls down the hill), instead of dramatic. Buscemi's sour, hard-assed, bitter replies to the parking space guy and his partner when he refuses to converse is very entertaining and really begins to generate for the film. The MGM/UA lion's share of these actors are unknowns, so it's easier to think of them as characters instead of actors.

The irony of the film is definetley worth seeing. As for the screenplay,not many people know this, but there's something so fabulous and excelerating about reading the screenplay that started it all. There are lines the actors didn't use, scenes that were edited from the finished film, often a foreword that takes us into the mind of the film's originators and tha great feeling you get when your imagination bring the characters to life instead of the actors. It deserved the Oscars it got. See it.

(STAR) (STAR) (STAR) 1/2 "FARGO" Written by Joel & Ethen Coen Starring Steve Buscemi

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Summary: Love it or hate it, it's a darn good script.
Review: The reviewer from North Dakota may not have liked the book or the film. The whole doggone town he lives in may not like it. But this story is one of the funniest crime movies ever made. The script is not a typical 110 page Hollywood script. But, then the Coen Brothers don't make typical Hollywood movies. You can still learn lots from reading it, even if it isn't a travelogue.

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Summary: Oh, Geez.
Review: The reviewer from North Dakota may not have liked the book or the film. The whole doggone town he lives in may not like it. But this story is one of the funniest crime movies ever made. The script is not a typical 110 page Hollywood script. But, then the Coen Brothers don't make typical Hollywood movies. You can still learn lots from reading it, even if it isn't a travelogue.

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Summary: Love it or hate it, it's a darn good script.
Review: This screenplay started with the premise, "Wouldn't it be cool if you put a guy through a wood chipper?" and snowballed (no pun intended, honestly) from there, according to the Coens. I think that's part of the amazing originality of this script. Why start with a plot? The storyline is so bizarre and non-linear that it at first you might be inclined to believe the movie actually is based on a true story. Twists, turns, and laugh-out-loud dialogue (for an extra laugh, watch the creative dubbing on TNT sometime: "frugal," "frozen," "flipping," etc.) make this a script worth reading, and well worth its Oscar. And to the Dakotans that have issues with the stereotypical accent: get over it. I'm from North Carolina, and I'm tired of you people whining about how all people in your region don't talk the same way. We southerners don't all talk like rednecks, but neither do we get uptight over movies that tend to forget that. But I digress. This is an excellent peice of writing, as is the rest of the Coen brothers' library. "Raising Arizona" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" are also wonderful; I recommend them.

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Summary: Pretty Darn Good
Review: What a great script! I'm surprised so many locals missed out on the humor of this film. Its easy to see the Coen brothers have a great vision what their films will be while they write. To the Minnesotans and North Dakotans who were harmed as a result of the "yah" stereotype, get over it. The Coens are the best thing to come out of the area since Lawrence Welk.