Saturday, July 31, 2010

The Film Fargo Reviewed

By Alberto Hayden

I can venture a guess that by you reading over this article, you are curious about the critically acclaimed dark comedy "Fargo". Sure, there is a good bit that you are going to want to consider here, and to truly appreciate this film you are going to have to read over this article to get a better feel for the movie itself.

You have to think, the best way for you to understand and appreciate this film, is to know what happens in it. People are rarely going to like a film just because a particular person directed it, or simply because this actor or that one was in it. So a plot synopsis is surely in order here, though you must be warned, this will give you the full synopsis, so it could contain spoilers.

The whole storyline for this film begins very early, when a man by the name of Jerry sits across the table from two men who are to later kidnap his wife. He plans the whole thing so that her father will throw up some ransom money, that Jerry and the two men will later split for their efforts in the matter. Jerry, is a car dealer who is a little less than honest when it comes to his dealings, which is likely the case for his financial plight.

The trouble really begins when Jerry learns that he does not need the money, when another business venture that he has tried to start seems as though it will get the financial backing that it requires. So in an attempt to call off the kidnapping, Jerry learns that he cannot get a hold of the soon to be captors. The next sequence involves the two kidnappers very awkwardly taking Jerry's wife, Jean.

While the original ransom was set for 80,000 between the captors and Jerry, Jerry later decides to tell his father in law that they are demanding a million. He agrees adamantly to pay it, but demands that he is there to give it to the kidnappers himself. Wade, the father in law, actually aims to kill the kidnappers and get his daughter without giving them the money at all.

The whole thing gets botched, and Wade ends up dead and one of the kidnappers is seriously wounded. He leaves with the whole million, and buries what isn't the 80,000 that his partner is expecting. Back at the hideout, the wounded kidnapper learns that the other killed the wife. They begin to argue over who gets the car and soon the one who was already wounded is dead as well.

The police arrest the other, as well as Jerry for orchestrating the whole thing. The film is a depiction of the debauchery of money, the deadly levels that it can drive people to. Powerful performances take this film from being good to being exceptionally great. Performances from William H. Macy (Jerry) and Steve Buschemi as one of the kidnappers.

So, to learn about this film "Fargo", you had to learn the plot a little better. Hopefully, this article was some help towards that end, though there is much more to see and appreciate on your own concerning the film. So if you haven't seen it, you really should.

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