They admitted it is not a true story. The directors took "Dramatic License". This is a terrific movie. Frances McDormand (Marge) won an Academy award for this, she won another for "Three Billboards ..." and "Nomadland". She has been around for awhile.
"True" in that there was a high profile murder where the victim was thrown into a wood-chipper but everything else is made up. I think that happened in Maine. The Series is very good and does the same thing. (Though Chris Rock is the weakest part of all of the seasons. I wish they didn't have Glynn Turman there and be a great actor because it made me think of The Wire. I could throw a water balloon in the general direction of the cast of The Wire and hit someone who could give a better performance in the same role as Chris Rock.)
One of the best comments I heard from a reviewer was when Siskel and Ebert did their review when the movie came out. One of them talked about how the snow was really a character unto itself instead of just being there. The cars driving along the snowy highway, Jerry scraping ice off his windshield, the bright almost pristine snow on the top floor of the parking structure with almost no car tracks, the frozen lake as the bad guy tries to run away. It does more than just set a mood.
William H Macy is so great in this film. In the "I'm cooperating here" scene, he is so many things, in over his head, taken by surprise, passive aggressive, incompetent and an idiot. He completely nails that scene.
I loved your admiration for Marge. As someone born in Minnesota in 1956 (but who experienced a lot of the world as a wanderer starting at a young age), I teared up over her character. She was the epitome of what I remember about the women in my world growing up. Great reaction to a great movie! Thanks.
Even though I had to move from MN with my family at a young age, I still consider MN (Nordeast Mpls, St. Anthony Village, Hastings) my home. They nailed Minnesota in this movie- and they did it with affection. The accents, the directions (it's ten minutes down that way, then 5 minutes by the barn lol), the stoicism and sweetness, even walking on a lake,I feel gut-punched from homesickness.
Little trivia: Steve Buscemi's (the "funny lookin' guy") first career was as a firefighter in NY prior to being a successful actor. When the twin towers were attacked, he immediately went to his old firehouse and joined the other firefighters and helped at the disaster site. AND: Hardee's and Carl Jr.'s are the same brand but called different names in different regions of the U.S.
@@vincegamer - correct but they didn't rename all the Hardee's restaurants Carl's Jr. Just like Panera Bread isn't really Panera. It is really St Louis Bread Company started in St. Louis it's headquarters and origin. The rest of the country knows it as Panera because they wanted non-specific geographic name outside St. Louis.
Im surprised Carl even gets sales, I never went back after paying like 9 bucks for 4 tiny ass tenders that were old. Guess my nearby management sucked lmao
So happy you guys are here with the Coen Brothers! "Raising Arizona", "The Big Lebowski" and "No Country For Old Men" are all a must... and if you're able to get around to them, "Miller's Crossing" (one of the best gangster films ever made and my favorite of their work), "Blood Simple" and the remake of "True Grit". All are every bit worth a watch.
I couldn't get into Miller's Crossing. Maybe it was one of those "too influential to be good to a modern audience" movies like Citizen Kane. *Loved* True Grit.
@@Mourtzouphlos240 There is no such thing as "too influential to be good to a modern audience". There are only narrow-minded people with minimal criteria who believe that a 1990 film cannot be suitable for the "sensitivity" of the "modern" public. Whatever that means. You have every right not to like a movie for whatever reason you want, but don't be ready to point out that the problem is the movie, when it's clearly you.
You couldn’t remember where you’ve seen Margie before. She was also the mom on Almost Famous which you watched recently, but she’s been in a million things.
After they both screened this movie, Gene Siskel said to Roger Ebert "This is why I love movies". Of course both gave this two enthusiastic "thumbs up" and both had it their top 10 of the year. They both raved about the performance of Frances McDormand ("Margie") who won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
YES! Welcome the the Coen Brothers (Directors) rabbit hole! “No Country For Old Men” is a MUST! It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2007. It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking. Disturbing, intense, incredible. Happy Discovering!
You know what struck me about No Country VS Fargo is that the reason that he gets away at the end is because the Sheriff is fundamentally a coward and Margie is ...not.
The Oscar winning screenplay for FARGO is pretty much flawless. Even the little stuff like Marge finding out that Mike had lied about all of those things. That was what made her go back to interview Jerry again because she started second guessing. Not a misstep in the entire movie.
No it's not. That's a leap of conclusion that doesn't make sense but runs around like a slooty western woe-man. It is normal for police to make multiple follow-up visits of informants and potential suspects just to make sure their story remains the same and they don't make inconsistencies over time. If she had an epiphany that caused her to go, she would be more suspicious and more inquisitive. She's not. She's clearly just double-checking and following up since no other leads are baring fruit. That's why she's completely shocked when he flees the interview. If she was in any way suspicious of him, she would've heightened her suspicion when he found an excuse to walk away from the interview She didn't. She relaxed and waited, clearly not suspecting his involvement in something so heinous as to cause flight. Stop spreading this silly theory. Coen brothers insert scenes and dialogue that are irrelevant to the plot for the sake of realism. That's it.
Yes, every reaction of this i've seen, everyone has said "why was that scene in there?" It's so obvious, its because this man lied straight to her face and she believed it unquestioningly. Same as she did with Jerry.
@@MaskMcGee It still makes no sense to me. It seems utterly ridiculous that any adult, let alone a cop, would need to have someone lie to them before they question whether people lie. It seems even more bizarre that the director felt there was a need to include that scene for the audience, as if WE didn't know that people lie.
@@Aeroldoth3 It helps to understand Minnesota culture of that time, when people were used to others being so nice and honest to your face that it doesn't even occur to them that they may have been lying, even to a sheriff like Marge Gunderson.
@@Aeroldoth3 Oh good grief it was just a wake up call that she'd been too trusting. It makes perfect sense to me. People are not perfect, and neither is Marge, smart as she is. She slipped and that old classmate made her realize it.
A great choice, thanks! But I might mention that they kinda fibbed about this being a true story ... not really. But I agree that No Country for Old Men would be a great next movie! And some of us are still hoping for The Wizard of Oz ... ;0)
Everyone should see The Wizard of Oz at least once in life. I saw it a dozen times before I was 20, and at least a dozen times since. Clearly the best film of 1939, far better than that bloated faux history/soap opera epic that won the Oscar.
"Are the roads really like that? Completely flat?" Having spent several years in North Dakota and Minnesota, I can say, "Yes. They absolutely are." They don't really have ditches on the side of the road in a lot of areas of those two states, so if you happen to go off the road, you're just in a farmer's field. Hardly any trees, either. Worst thing you're likely to hit is a telephone pole. Or a cow. ;-)
Can I just say how happy I am that y’all watched this? Frances McDormand won an Oscar for portraying Marge. She really did such a great job with this role. I agree completely! I’m from the deep south and I couldn’t ever handle that kind of snow and cold. Lol Great reaction and commentary as always guys. Who knew that William H Macy could play someone worse than Frank from Shameless?
Snow and cold just makes the beauty of Minnesota more great. You can Ice Fish, Skate, Snowmobile, Cross Country ski, and play Broomball. Summer is nature at its finest in Minnesota.
My all time favourite movie of all time - you hit gold ! Brilliant writing, brilliant casting, brilliant acting, brilliant script and top notch directing from the Coen Bros
Steve Buscemi was a New York Firefighter turned actor. During 9/11 he he went back and worked 12 hour shifts searching for his brothers!! Huge respect for the man!!
I live in Minnesota right across the river from Fargo, ND. The year they made that movie was a year when we had little snow, so most if not all of it was shot in Brainerd, MN.
First time watching you guys ❤ love that you picked Fargo - so so so many things to love about this movie - Carter Burwell’s incredible score. The dark dark humour. Impeccable casting. Great story. Deserved every Oscar it got. Thanks guys 🙏 really enjoyed your reaction 😘
I'm stoked you saw the brilliance of Fargo. A great reaction guys. I love how open minded you both are with letting us take you on a journey. I saw Misery there... thats a tough one... I believe i could only watch it once. 😮
William H. Macy is amazing in every movie he does. I think you'd both love the everyman humor of his role as the superhero "The Shoveler" in Mystery Men.
I've no idea how accurate all the accents in the movie - but as a Norwegian, it all sounds so familiar, accentuated by the nordic-esque fiddle music that often goes with the background - feels very homely :D
The "Minnesota accent" is common in pockets throughout the Great Lakes states and the northeastern Great plains. It has Scandinavian inflections thanks to the large number of immigrants from Norway and Sweden. Many came for the logging in Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and eastern Minnesota and others started farming western Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Marge was the mom in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which was FABULOUS. She also played Lady Macbeth to Denzel Washington’s Macbeth in the movie version from 2021. She’s a treasure.
I know a (now retired) homicide detective here in Maine, and Marge reminds me of her a lot. Same cheerful chipper demeaner, but also smart as a whip and utterly determined.
If would suggest A Simple Plan. It stars Bill Paxston ( from Twister) and Billy Bob Thorton. Its a great movie with really goog plot twists. Also Primal Fear with Edward Norton is a great crime movie
Yes! Besides the small town Midwest setting, one of things that stuck with me was how the characters would keep telling themselves that they are not bad people as they did increasingly worse things. Breaking Bad reminded me of Simple Plan in this regard.
Steve Buscemi (the talkative crook) was once a NY city firefighter. After the September 11th attack, he returned to his old firehouse and worked 12 hours shifts for a week or so and helped dig in the rubble searching for survivors - all volunteer.
Wow! Amber's got a hidden dark twisted side, would've never thought it. Most people are freaked out the first time they see this. You were totally into it. I'm more shocked by her enthusiasm than I was by the wood chipper. Very entertaining reaction y'all. Great job!
Let's talk about a character that usually goes uncredited here: the wintery landscape. You don't notice it, but it dictates the tone and, I think, the message of "Fargo": the world is a hostile, unsurvivable place, except that we choose to take care of one another. "Fargo", in its various incarnations (the TV series is great too), keeps coming back to that: the story is almost always about someone who decided that they're in their rights to exploit others, and it has a destabilizing effect that they can't control. Can you imagine this story working in, say, an Illinois small town in summer? In Los Angeles? It doesn't click, not without that environment forcing people to huddle together, figuratively speaking.
Glad you guys liked Fargo its a real classic, a tragi-comedy really. Stellar cast too even though you didn't recognize most of them the lead characters are real well known, you betcha.
As a Minnesotan, I never realized how much we actually sound like that until I went to Florida (after seeing this film). Of note, those of us from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul area) don’t have nearly the accent as those in Northern Minnesota. My grandparents REALLY sounded like that, even I could hear their accent.
It was a very dark movie but the Coen Brothers made it light-hearted with the colorful characters. You guys should check out Fargo the TV series. Each season is a different story and really dark characters. And the TV show is based on real stories that happened.
The TV series is wretched, especially season 1. Season 2 was okay. Season 3 unwatchable. But they are NOT based on truth. They are about as unrealistic as can be.
@@rbmtn4879 I beg to differ! I haven't seen season 3, but season 1 and 2 are some of the best television I've ever seen! I'd put it right up there with Breaking Bad. Wretched? Wow. I have no idea what made you think that.
@@dereknolin5986 Too many reasons, but mostly the two mains were unlikable and did things many things that went against character and made no sense. The attempts to make them humorous failed for me. Many of the other characters were very stupid. All the coolest and likable characters disappeared. If you're interested, I'll point out at least three major plot points that involve Malvo that made no sense at all.
@@rbmtn4879 Well, honestly I have a memory like a sieve, and I haven't seen it since it first came out. I just remember thinking that Billy Bob was brilliant as Malvo. I remember thinking the showrunners almost hinted that he might have actually been associated with the Devil or some supernatural type of evil, but left it ambiguous. The hints may have just been more like metaphorical or allegorical allusions. But I remember loving the show and putting it near the top of my favorite shows ever, despite me not remembering much about it.
@@dereknolin5986 Ha ha okay. Your opinion is in the majority it seems. I watched it for a second time (it's a show I love to hate). The production was top notch. But the script was full of holes. It's a great example of style over substance. And I did not buy the Malvo character at all. I thought he was douchey. In real life, someone as stupid and reckless as Malvo would have been caught or killed long before. My mission is to make everyone see how bad this series really was, (except, like I said, season 2 was actually okay).
Fargo is a classic piece of cinema. Frances McDormand (Mrs. Joel Coen) is a fricking legend. THREE Academy Awards, such an amazing actress. And filmed by SIR Roger Deakins (who worked with the Coen's on a lot of their films), and is probably the greatest cinematographer in cinema history. So glad you got to experience this masterpiece.
Great reaction yet again ❤I adore you both..the series they made called Fargo as well is great & just as unique as this movie in my opinion definitely worth a watch for the dialog alone (all 4 seasons)
Just about everyone in this is a powerful actor who adds intelligence to every movie they are in. Frances McDormand is married to Joel Coen (director with his brother Ethan). She has multiple acting awards. ❤️ her so much!
In my opinion, this was the Best Picture of 1996, not “The English Patient.” I saw that movie and forgot all about it. I still think about and rewatch this film all the time.
The Coens were playing with people’s minds about it being a true story, but it is based roughly on an amalgamation of things that happened in MN during the early 80’s. The Coens are amazing, and they did a great job of portraying the region and its culture, having been born and raised in St. Louis Park, MN, which is a suburb of Minneapolis.
Fargo won 7 Oscars including Best picture Best Actress …Frances McDormand and Best Actor William H. Macy. Fargo is only about 220 miles from my hometown, Winnipeg, Canada.
I actually live in Fargo. I'm from Northern Minnesota and basically everyone talks like that. Yes. the roads and fields look like that in the winter. We just got a foot of snow last week. lol the lakes look like that and you can drive on them to your ice fishing house in the winter. there's a documentary about a Japanese girl who saw the movie, thought it was a true story and traveled here looking for the money buried in the snow. A guy at my old job was a taxi driver at the time and drove her out to look for it and she went out alone and died in the snow. Crazy stuff!
You guys should do a reaction to the first season of "True Detective". It has some of the best acting, cinematography and writing I have ever seen. It's only 8 episodes. Amber would LOVE it.
Steve Buscemi, who plays the talkative criminal Carl, was at one point before his acting career, an FDNY firefighter. Right after 9/11, he went back to New York and volunteered to help in the aftermath.
Macy did a wonderful job too. His scenes - that´s how you look like when you recognize you´re being trapped in your own trap. He acts that so convincingly. And - "Jerry" is a grease rag for sure. But once he stepped into that bar in the beginning, it got out of his hands.
Steve Buscemi definitely plays a creep in Fargo, but in real life he’s a former New York fireman. On 9/11 he put on his old gear & headed to the towers to help.
Imagine Marge being such a unique character - just a nice competent person. Movies are spectacularly crammed with over the top (and below the bottom) people, ok, it does make some sense, but still. Everybody enjoys watching her being her. I think the Marges are the ones who keep everything together, really.
Amber, you mentioned how scary it is for Police to walk up to cars....My husband retired Narcotics Officer, said uniform police had it twice as bad as them, you never new what you were walking up to...also most drive solo.. He said going in on a drug bust you knew who your enemy was. Prepared
Ok, since you're jumping into serious crime movies, you can't go wrong with Godfather 1&2. IMHO the best movie and sequel ever made. 2 was the first sequel to ever win Oscar for best picture! Great story and impeccable acting (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
I love that you can’t believe a word the Cohen brothers say. Not the first directors to ever fit about it being true story The lady cop, Frances McDormand is married to one of the Cohen brothers.
Hi guys, real life cop here. A few things. First, fantastic movie and reaction! This was loosely based on 2 separate crimes not related to each other. First was a fraud case against General Motors and a separate homicide (husband killed wife) in Connecticut. He did, in fact run her through a wood chipper. I don’t work in a rural area like that, but in those type areas, its not uncommon to have your nearest cover car over an hour away. You tend to handle things by yourself, which is not necessarily the safest way to do things, but that’s how it is sometimes. Pulling over a car in the middle of the night isn’t a scary thing but you need to be aware of some things, especially if your by yourself. Anyway, I wanted to chime in. Can’t wait for the next one. Peace
I love this movie so much. The Coen Brothers are among the best writer/directors on the planet. You should see Raising Arizona, with Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter. It's hilarious.
I love this movie for all of the local Minnesota references. Stillwater is a town, but is also where the max security state prison is located which is why Shep flips out. The dealership that Jerry works at was a real car dealership they shot on location. It’s now Best Buy’s world headquarters The hockey game Wade was watching in the beginning was a reference to the Gophers, the University of Minnesota hockey team located in Minneapolis. The scene of the two kidnappers driving into Minneapolis was shot from highway I-394, and you can see the exact shot today as they did. Not to mention the Minnesota accents. They exaggerated it in the movie but it’s pretty close to how long-time residents talk to each other. Particularly about the weather.
I first saw Fargo (on video) the same weekend I saw Armageddon in theaters and was blown away that the 2 criminals were now astronauts saving the world lol.
No Country for Old Men is going to be the next movie you need to see from the Coen Bros. it brought them to the next level of notoriety they got known for writing with Fargo for NCOM they became legends in directing as well it's so good! edge-of-your-seat entertainment the whole way through!
They should try a lighter film first, like Raising Arizona or personal fave O Brother before going right into another dark one. O Brother is worth it for the music alone!
The sherif is played by Francis McDormand who also played the mom in Almost Famous. Amy Madigan was in Field of Dreams and also John Candys girlfriend in Uncle Buck.
Another great reaction. This movie blew me away when I first watched it. Since Amber likes crime dramas, might I suggest a couple of my favorites. Frailty was directed by and stars Bill Paxton (Aliens, Twister, etc.) and Matthew McConaughey (Dazed and Comfused). This one has some great plot twists. Copycat stars Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Ghostbusters, etc.) and Holly Hunter on the trail of a serial killer who copies other serial killers' M.Os. I always look forward to your reactions (music and movies). You two feel like good friends I can't wait to see. Thanks.
The Coen Brothers' films are great. After doing this one, they thought they had given Steven Buscemi too many lines so in their next one--the absolutely incredible and hilarious The Big Lebowski--he gets told all through the movie to shut up. Another great Coen Brothers movie is Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? a take on a Shakespeare play with incredibly great music in it. It's also a comedy.
This is a great movie. I know there’s tons of Coen Brothers fans that love The Big Lebowski, but personally I think Miller’s Crossing is their best. After that I go with Raising Arizona (one of the funniest movies ever) and O Brother Where Art Thou (my favorite George Clooney performance). Blood Simple (their first film) is also great.
Kudos to both of you for never losing sight of how evil Jerry is and of the human cost of each and every life lost and every traumatized victim. I saw their first movie, Blood Simple, in the theater and loved it. So I saw Raising Arizona and almost all of the others too. Fargo is about perfect but a few get better with repeat viewings -- at least for me.
The reviewers seemed to be unaware of the Oscars and other accolades given to "Fargo." in a way this makes their review and comments even more meaningful.
They admitted it is not a true story. The directors took "Dramatic License".
This is a terrific movie.
Frances McDormand (Marge) won an Academy award for this, she won another for "Three Billboards ..." and "Nomadland".
She has been around for awhile.
It's true that this is a story. The English language can be very misleading.
"True" in that there was a high profile murder where the victim was thrown into a wood-chipper but everything else is made up. I think that happened in Maine.
The Series is very good and does the same thing.
(Though Chris Rock is the weakest part of all of the seasons. I wish they didn't have Glynn Turman there and be a great actor because it made me think of The Wire. I could throw a water balloon in the general direction of the cast of The Wire and hit someone who could give a better performance in the same role as Chris Rock.)
It is NOT BASED on a true story but was INSPIRED by a True Story
She is also married to one of the Coen brothers.
@@jeanb.5405 Couldn't almost any movie that's ever been made be "inspired" by a true story in some way?
One of the best comments I heard from a reviewer was when Siskel and Ebert did their review when the movie came out. One of them talked about how the snow was really a character unto itself instead of just being there. The cars driving along the snowy highway, Jerry scraping ice off his windshield, the bright almost pristine snow on the top floor of the parking structure with almost no car tracks, the frozen lake as the bad guy tries to run away. It does more than just set a mood.
William H Macy is so great in this film. In the "I'm cooperating here" scene, he is so many things, in over his head, taken by surprise, passive aggressive, incompetent and an idiot. He completely nails that scene.
He's such a great character actor. He's amazing in Boogie Nights too.
oh, what the Christ!
"Tonight we've got a date with destiny...
and it looks like she's ordered the lobster"
Mystery Men
was amazing in magnolia as well
He does, he plays a guy drowning to a tee
I loved your admiration for Marge. As someone born in Minnesota in 1956 (but who experienced a lot of the world as a wanderer starting at a young age), I teared up over her character. She was the epitome of what I remember about the women in my world growing up. Great reaction to a great movie! Thanks.
Marge is best. You know she'd be bringing the fat ass platter of pickle rolls to the potlock!😁
Even though I had to move from MN with my family at a young age, I still consider MN (Nordeast Mpls, St. Anthony Village, Hastings) my home. They nailed Minnesota in this movie- and they did it with affection. The accents, the directions (it's ten minutes down that way, then 5 minutes by the barn lol), the stoicism and sweetness, even walking on a lake,I feel gut-punched from homesickness.
@@supergeeky7529 Pickle rolls, Polish sausage, and she can do a Jello mold like nobody else. And for her friend with tummy issues, tapioca.
@@missdebbie8131 Jello molds and tapioca!
@@missdebbie8131 loved your combination of the stoicism and sweetness. Spot on.
Little trivia: Steve Buscemi's (the "funny lookin' guy") first career was as a firefighter in NY prior to being a successful actor. When the twin towers were attacked, he immediately went to his old firehouse and joined the other firefighters and helped at the disaster site. AND: Hardee's and Carl Jr.'s are the same brand but called different names in different regions of the U.S.
Carl's bought Hardees in 1997, so those of us raised before the 90s knew them as two separate things
@@vincegamer We have Hardee's AND Carls Junior. :/
Most of the Carl's Juniors ar tied to Convenience stores
@@vincegamer - correct but they didn't rename all the Hardee's restaurants Carl's Jr. Just like Panera Bread isn't really Panera. It is really St Louis Bread Company started in St. Louis it's headquarters and origin. The rest of the country knows it as Panera because they wanted non-specific geographic name outside St. Louis.
Just like Coolio RIP
Im surprised Carl even gets sales, I never went back after paying like 9 bucks for 4 tiny ass tenders that were old. Guess my nearby management sucked lmao
I laughed so hard when Amber said he should be stuffed with pop rocks. That is absolutely priceless. Thank you.
So happy you guys are here with the Coen Brothers! "Raising Arizona", "The Big Lebowski" and "No Country For Old Men" are all a must... and if you're able to get around to them, "Miller's Crossing" (one of the best gangster films ever made and my favorite of their work), "Blood Simple" and the remake of "True Grit". All are every bit worth a watch.
Oh Brother where Art Thou !!
All great. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is fantastic.
I'm sorry, but I'm my opinion the true grit remake is on if the worst movies ever made.
I couldn't get into Miller's Crossing. Maybe it was one of those "too influential to be good to a modern audience" movies like Citizen Kane. *Loved* True Grit.
@@Mourtzouphlos240 There is no such thing as "too influential to be good to a modern audience". There are only narrow-minded people with minimal criteria who believe that a 1990 film cannot be suitable for the "sensitivity" of the "modern" public. Whatever that means.
You have every right not to like a movie for whatever reason you want, but don't be ready to point out that the problem is the movie, when it's clearly you.
You couldn’t remember where you’ve seen Margie before. She was also the mom on Almost Famous which you watched recently, but she’s been in a million things.
After they both screened this movie, Gene Siskel said to Roger Ebert "This is why I love movies". Of course both gave this two enthusiastic "thumbs up" and both had it their top 10 of the year. They both raved about the performance of Frances McDormand ("Margie") who won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
I think at one point Martin Scorsese said it was one of his favorite movies;)
I really miss Siskel and Ebert.
Siskel and Ebert not only included it in their top 10 of the year, they both had Fargo number one.
If a movie poster ever says "Coen Brothers" immediately watch it.
YES! Welcome the the Coen Brothers (Directors) rabbit hole! “No Country For Old Men” is a MUST! It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2007. It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking. Disturbing, intense, incredible. Happy Discovering!
"Call it!"
I think she would love that one!
All Cohen bros movies are about the horrible danger of greed
You know what struck me about No Country VS Fargo is that the reason that he gets away at the end is because the Sheriff is fundamentally a coward and Margie is ...not.
As parents, they’d love Raising Arizona.
The Oscar winning screenplay for FARGO is pretty much flawless. Even the little stuff like Marge finding out that Mike had lied about all of those things. That was what made her go back to interview Jerry again because she started second guessing. Not a misstep in the entire movie.
No it's not. That's a leap of conclusion that doesn't make sense but runs around like a slooty western woe-man. It is normal for police to make multiple follow-up visits of informants and potential suspects just to make sure their story remains the same and they don't make inconsistencies over time. If she had an epiphany that caused her to go, she would be more suspicious and more inquisitive. She's not. She's clearly just double-checking and following up since no other leads are baring fruit. That's why she's completely shocked when he flees the interview. If she was in any way suspicious of him, she would've heightened her suspicion when he found an excuse to walk away from the interview She didn't. She relaxed and waited, clearly not suspecting his involvement in something so heinous as to cause flight. Stop spreading this silly theory. Coen brothers insert scenes and dialogue that are irrelevant to the plot for the sake of realism. That's it.
Yes, every reaction of this i've seen, everyone has said "why was that scene in there?" It's so obvious, its because this man lied straight to her face and she believed it unquestioningly. Same as she did with Jerry.
@@MaskMcGee It still makes no sense to me. It seems utterly ridiculous that any adult, let alone a cop, would need to have someone lie to them before they question whether people lie. It seems even more bizarre that the director felt there was a need to include that scene for the audience, as if WE didn't know that people lie.
@@Aeroldoth3 It helps to understand Minnesota culture of that time, when people were used to others being so nice and honest to your face that it doesn't even occur to them that they may have been lying, even to a sheriff like Marge Gunderson.
@@Aeroldoth3 Oh good grief it was just a wake up call that she'd been too trusting. It makes perfect sense to me. People are not perfect, and neither is Marge, smart as she is. She slipped and that old classmate made her realize it.
A great choice, thanks! But I might mention that they kinda fibbed about this being a true story ... not really. But I agree that No Country for Old Men would be a great next movie! And some of us are still hoping for The Wizard of Oz ... ;0)
Actually the words fade out to read 'this is a story' so maybe not an actual lie but they definitely wanted ppl to think it was real
Everyone should see The Wizard of Oz at least once in life. I saw it a dozen times before I was 20, and at least a dozen times since. Clearly the best film of 1939, far better than that bloated faux history/soap opera epic that won the Oscar.
@flarrfan My personal favorite of 1939 is Of Mice and Men. (But Wizard of Oz is also great in a completely different way.)
“PRIMAL FEAR “
With Richard Gere and Edward Norton is really good!! Courtroom Drama well done !!! You’ll love it!!
Great movie!! Underrated! Good choice! 😎
Jay and Amber would lose their minds. AMAZING Movie
Great Movie!!
I don’t know why but these comments reminded me of Cape Fear
Primal instinct was one of my very favorite all time courtroom, drama movies, and she did a terrific job in it!
Margie was the Mom in Almost Famous. This is one of those movies that whenever I'm channel surfing and its on, I stop and watch it. So good.
She was the deputies wife in Mississippi burning too, a role for which she was nominated for a best supporting actress academy award.
"Are the roads really like that? Completely flat?" Having spent several years in North Dakota and Minnesota, I can say, "Yes. They absolutely are." They don't really have ditches on the side of the road in a lot of areas of those two states, so if you happen to go off the road, you're just in a farmer's field. Hardly any trees, either. Worst thing you're likely to hit is a telephone pole. Or a cow. ;-)
Can I just say how happy I am that y’all watched this? Frances McDormand won an Oscar for portraying Marge. She really did such a great job with this role. I agree completely! I’m from the deep south and I couldn’t ever handle that kind of snow and cold. Lol Great reaction and commentary as always guys. Who knew that William H Macy could play someone worse than Frank from Shameless?
Frances is just a great actor.
Snow and cold just makes the beauty of Minnesota more great. You can Ice Fish, Skate, Snowmobile, Cross Country ski, and play Broomball. Summer is nature at its finest in Minnesota.
Come to Canada 😅
And Macy should have won.
My all time favourite movie of all time - you hit gold !
Brilliant writing, brilliant casting, brilliant acting, brilliant script and top notch directing from the Coen Bros
Steve Buscemi was a New York Firefighter turned actor. During 9/11 he he went back and worked 12 hour shifts searching for his brothers!! Huge respect for the man!!
I live in Minnesota right across the river from Fargo, ND. The year they made that movie was a year when we had little snow, so most if not all of it was shot in Brainerd, MN.
"I need an unguent." Most bizarre line ever. God bless Stormare for the dead-pan delivery and the Coen Brothers for writing that weird-ass line.
we stop at pancakes house
I live near Fargo. Yes, the roads in the winter are like that. Sometimes they are clear but mostly they are snow packed and/or icy
First time watching you guys ❤ love that you picked Fargo - so so so many things to love about this movie - Carter Burwell’s incredible score. The dark dark humour. Impeccable casting. Great story. Deserved every Oscar it got. Thanks guys 🙏 really enjoyed your reaction 😘
I'm stoked you saw the brilliance of Fargo. A great reaction guys. I love how open minded you both are with letting us take you on a journey. I saw Misery there... thats a tough one... I believe i could only watch it once. 😮
You guys like those mystery movies, you need to try "Mystic River" with Sean Penn. It's really good
Yes, good one!
Great pick! Also, Clint Eastwood’s ABSOLUTE POWER.
Great Movie!!
Yeah, great movie, might be difficult to watch
@@patriciadefibaugh973 you are probably right since they have daughters.
I always thought - even back in the 90's - Ren from "Ren and Stimpy" was modeled after Steve Buscemi - Ren looks and sounds just like Buscemi.
William H. Macy is amazing in every movie he does. I think you'd both love the everyman humor of his role as the superhero "The Shoveler" in Mystery Men.
13:05 As someone who’s grown up in minnesota and spent 20+ winters here, yes the roads are very flat in most of the state and covered in snow
Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her role and the screenplay got another. She is so wonderful isn't she!
You're darn tootin'
I've no idea how accurate all the accents in the movie - but as a Norwegian, it all sounds so familiar, accentuated by the nordic-esque fiddle music that often goes with the background - feels very homely :D
The "Minnesota accent" is common in pockets throughout the Great Lakes states and the northeastern Great plains. It has Scandinavian inflections thanks to the large number of immigrants from Norway and Sweden. Many came for the logging in Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and eastern Minnesota and others started farming western Minnesota and the Dakotas.
My sister had the thickest Minnesota accent lol
@@leonstrand329 Was she Lutheran and did she take a hotdish to potlucks?
This film was a mirror of Raising Arizona.
Frances McDormand played in that one too as Dot, the swinger wife who wanted something to cuddle.
Marge was the mom in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which was FABULOUS.
She also played Lady Macbeth to Denzel Washington’s Macbeth in the movie version from 2021.
She’s a treasure.
What a clash of decency and debauchery. Love this movie for reasons I can't even explain.
The Fargo tv series is also a really great watch.
Especially the finale.
I know a (now retired) homicide detective here in Maine, and Marge reminds me of her a lot. Same cheerful chipper demeaner, but also smart as a whip and utterly determined.
No Country for Old Men and The Big Lebowski! Must see Coen Brothers films.
HOW are you not dying at the dialogue in this movie?!
Absolute power relationship, the scene where he's making her breakfast always hit me
If would suggest A Simple Plan. It stars Bill Paxston ( from Twister) and Billy Bob Thorton. Its a great movie with really goog plot twists. Also Primal Fear with Edward Norton is a great crime movie
YES a thousand times yes - as a Hoosier they nailed small town Indiana. I grew up in a town around 1,000 people at best.
Agreed. I wish there were more A Simple Plan reactions out there. Great movie.
Yes! Besides the small town Midwest setting, one of things that stuck with me was how the characters would keep telling themselves that they are not bad people as they did increasingly worse things. Breaking Bad reminded me of Simple Plan in this regard.
@@dantallman5345 good people - sure, they (the characters in the movie) forgot the greed factor many succumb to. I a no longer a naïve Hoosier Boy.
No Country for Old Men. Best of the Coen brothers IMO. “ heads or tails?….call it” 😳😳
Steve Buscemi (the talkative crook) was once a NY city firefighter. After the September 11th attack, he returned to his old firehouse and worked 12 hours shifts for a week or so and helped dig in the rubble searching for survivors - all volunteer.
You guys will love "Raising Arizona" and "Big Lebowski" by the Coen Brothers.
Saw the thumbnail and giggled like a lil girl!!! Off we goooooo.....
This a classic!! Have you guys done *”NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN”* (2007)? Another GEM!! 💪🏽🔥
"Don't you know there's more to life than a little bit of money? And it's a beautiful day!"
My favorite Coen Brothers film has always been The Big Lebowski, but they've made quite a few good ones. Hope to see you all react to more of them.
When this movie came out on VHS, it came with a snow globe of the wood chipper scene, where half of the “snow” was red.
Why would anyone ever want that displayed in their house unless it’s to scare off house guests?
Wow! Amber's got a hidden dark twisted side, would've never thought it. Most people are freaked out the first time they see this. You were totally into it. I'm more shocked by her enthusiasm than I was by the wood chipper. Very entertaining reaction y'all. Great job!
Let's talk about a character that usually goes uncredited here: the wintery landscape. You don't notice it, but it dictates the tone and, I think, the message of "Fargo": the world is a hostile, unsurvivable place, except that we choose to take care of one another. "Fargo", in its various incarnations (the TV series is great too), keeps coming back to that: the story is almost always about someone who decided that they're in their rights to exploit others, and it has a destabilizing effect that they can't control.
Can you imagine this story working in, say, an Illinois small town in summer? In Los Angeles? It doesn't click, not without that environment forcing people to huddle together, figuratively speaking.
Love this movie!! You guys should check out “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN” from 2007!! Also a COEN Brothers Masterpiece!!
👍👍👍 ☝️best modern western I'd all time.
Glad you guys liked Fargo its a real classic, a tragi-comedy really. Stellar cast too even though you didn't recognize most of them the lead characters are real well known, you betcha.
I've seen this movie so many times but it's so fun to watch someone seeing it for the first time. 😊
As a Minnesotan, I never realized how much we actually sound like that until I went to Florida (after seeing this film).
Of note, those of us from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul area) don’t have nearly the accent as those in Northern Minnesota. My grandparents REALLY sounded like that, even I could hear their accent.
It was a very dark movie but the Coen Brothers made it light-hearted with the colorful characters. You guys should check out Fargo the TV series. Each season is a different story and really dark characters. And the TV show is based on real stories that happened.
The TV series is wretched, especially season 1. Season 2 was okay. Season 3 unwatchable. But they are NOT based on truth. They are about as unrealistic as can be.
@@rbmtn4879 I beg to differ! I haven't seen season 3, but season 1 and 2 are some of the best television I've ever seen! I'd put it right up there with Breaking Bad. Wretched? Wow. I have no idea what made you think that.
@@dereknolin5986 Too many reasons, but mostly the two mains were unlikable and did things many things that went against character and made no sense. The attempts to make them humorous failed for me. Many of the other characters were very stupid. All the coolest and likable characters disappeared.
If you're interested, I'll point out at least three major plot points that involve Malvo that made no sense at all.
@@rbmtn4879 Well, honestly I have a memory like a sieve, and I haven't seen it since it first came out. I just remember thinking that Billy Bob was brilliant as Malvo. I remember thinking the showrunners almost hinted that he might have actually been associated with the Devil or some supernatural type of evil, but left it ambiguous. The hints may have just been more like metaphorical or allegorical allusions. But I remember loving the show and putting it near the top of my favorite shows ever, despite me not remembering much about it.
@@dereknolin5986 Ha ha okay. Your opinion is in the majority it seems. I watched it for a second time (it's a show I love to hate). The production was top notch. But the script was full of holes. It's a great example of style over substance. And I did not buy the Malvo character at all. I thought he was douchey. In real life, someone as stupid and reckless as Malvo would have been caught or killed long before.
My mission is to make everyone see how bad this series really was, (except, like I said, season 2 was actually okay).
Frances McDormand: 3 Best actress Oscar’s, “I think I’ve seen her in something” lmao
Marge is the greatest character, so smart, but so humane.
Fargo is a classic piece of cinema. Frances McDormand (Mrs. Joel Coen) is a fricking legend. THREE Academy Awards, such an amazing actress. And filmed by SIR Roger Deakins (who worked with the Coen's on a lot of their films), and is probably the greatest cinematographer in cinema history. So glad you got to experience this masterpiece.
Great reaction yet again ❤I adore you both..the series they made called Fargo as well is great & just as unique as this movie in my opinion definitely worth a watch for the dialog alone (all 4 seasons)
Just about everyone in this is a powerful actor who adds intelligence to every movie they are in. Frances McDormand is married to Joel Coen (director with his brother Ethan). She has multiple acting awards. ❤️ her so much!
You might be the only people ever to not see what a greedy jerk the father in law is.
In my opinion, this was the Best Picture of 1996, not “The English Patient.” I saw that movie and forgot all about it. I still think about and rewatch this film all the time.
The Coens were playing with people’s minds about it being a true story, but it is based roughly on an amalgamation of things that happened in MN during the early 80’s. The Coens are amazing, and they did a great job of portraying the region and its culture, having been born and raised in St. Louis Park, MN, which is a suburb of Minneapolis.
Fargo won 7 Oscars including Best picture Best Actress …Frances McDormand and Best Actor William H. Macy. Fargo is only about 220 miles from my hometown, Winnipeg, Canada.
Frances Mcdormand is in a lot of good films. Many directed by her husband. Nominated for Oscars Won for this!! 😍
I actually live in Fargo. I'm from Northern Minnesota and basically everyone talks like that. Yes. the roads and fields look like that in the winter. We just got a foot of snow last week. lol
the lakes look like that and you can drive on them to your ice fishing house in the winter.
there's a documentary about a Japanese girl who saw the movie, thought it was a true story and traveled here looking for the money buried in the snow. A guy at my old job was a taxi driver at the time and drove her out to look for it and she went out alone and died in the snow. Crazy stuff!
You guys should do a reaction to the first season of "True Detective". It has some of the best acting, cinematography and writing I have ever seen. It's only 8 episodes. Amber would LOVE it.
Truth! It is amazing. I watch it at least once a year.
And the second season
Steve Buscemi, who plays the talkative criminal Carl, was at one point before his acting career, an FDNY firefighter. Right after 9/11, he went back to New York and volunteered to help in the aftermath.
The guy’s a friggin psycho, man.
Sorry to disappoint you but the "Based on a true story" tag is a joke. The movie is based on three true stories cobbled together.
So what! People like you always wanna put in something that would make people hate people like you!
Well, it’s certainly true that it’s a story
So it's based on 3 true stories. Cool.
About as accurate as anything "based on a true story" movies .
Based on means they can take liberty with the story. Doesn't mean it is the story.
Macy did a wonderful job too.
His scenes - that´s how you look like when you recognize you´re being trapped in your own trap. He acts that so convincingly.
And - "Jerry" is a grease rag for sure. But once he stepped into that bar in the beginning, it got out of his hands.
Steve Buscemi definitely plays a creep in Fargo, but in real life he’s a former New York fireman. On 9/11 he put on his old gear & headed to the towers to help.
I wouldn’t trust him. This was a little too real if you ask me.
Imagine Marge being such a unique character - just a nice competent person. Movies are spectacularly crammed with over the top (and below the bottom) people, ok, it does make some sense, but still. Everybody enjoys watching her being her. I think the Marges are the ones who keep everything together, really.
OK, I'm a lawyer, and these are exactly the kinds of stupid mistakes real criminals make, because real criminals really are stupid.
Amber, you mentioned how scary it is for Police to walk up to cars....My husband retired Narcotics Officer, said uniform police had it twice as bad as them, you never new what you were walking up to...also most drive solo..
He said going in on a drug bust you knew who your enemy was.
Prepared
Ok, since you're jumping into serious crime movies, you can't go wrong with Godfather 1&2. IMHO the best movie and sequel ever made. 2 was the first sequel to ever win Oscar for best picture! Great story and impeccable acting (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
Totally agree. Godfather films are best ever!
OMG THEY HAVENT SEEN THE GODFATHER???
I love that you can’t believe a word the Cohen brothers say. Not the first directors to ever fit about it being true story The lady cop, Frances McDormand is married to one of the Cohen brothers.
The Coen Bros are just amazing.... No Country For Old Men is even better.
Get around to "No Country for Old Men", "Barton Fink" and another of theirs that is usually overlooked: "A Serious Man".
The Fargo series is really good, too 3 seasons, big stars, including Chris Rock in 3rd season.🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hi guys, real life cop here. A few things. First, fantastic movie and reaction! This was loosely based on 2 separate crimes not related to each other. First was a fraud case against General Motors and a separate homicide (husband killed wife) in Connecticut. He did, in fact run her through a wood chipper. I don’t work in a rural area like that, but in those type areas, its not uncommon to have your nearest cover car over an hour away. You tend to handle things by yourself, which is not necessarily the safest way to do things, but that’s how it is sometimes. Pulling over a car in the middle of the night isn’t a scary thing but you need to be aware of some things, especially if your by yourself. Anyway, I wanted to chime in. Can’t wait for the next one. Peace
Margie's husband was the Barber in Gran Torino, a great character actor.
You guys made me so happy that you did an art house or independent film those type of movies are my favorite
Francis McDormand is great in another Coen Brothers movie Burn After Reading. Not talked about much but it's one my faves by them.
Absolutely have to do The Big Lebowski, Jeff Bridges character “ The Dude” is a movie legend and John Goodman’s acting is priceless.
I love this movie so much. The Coen Brothers are among the best writer/directors on the planet. You should see Raising Arizona, with Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter. It's hilarious.
'3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' is an excellent film starring Frances McDormand! I think you'd really like it, the acting is superb😘👌
This movie was such a big deal when it came out. It pretty much owned the word “woodchipper” for several years.
I love this movie for all of the local Minnesota references. Stillwater is a town, but is also where the max security state prison is located which is why Shep flips out.
The dealership that Jerry works at was a real car dealership they shot on location. It’s now Best Buy’s world headquarters
The hockey game Wade was watching in the beginning was a reference to the Gophers, the University of Minnesota hockey team located in Minneapolis.
The scene of the two kidnappers driving into Minneapolis was shot from highway I-394, and you can see the exact shot today as they did.
Not to mention the Minnesota accents. They exaggerated it in the movie but it’s pretty close to how long-time residents talk to each other. Particularly about the weather.
This is a Coen Brothers movie you want to delve into there catalog. Raising Arizona, No Country for old men, Big Lebowski, to name a few
I first saw Fargo (on video) the same weekend I saw Armageddon in theaters and was blown away that the 2 criminals were now astronauts saving the world lol.
(Shhh...keep this to yourselves, but it's really NOT a true story. That was a Coen brothers twist.)
Your kidding. Ally these year s ...
Just a classic example of the Corn brothers messing with people. 😂
Yep, some people didn’t like it for that reason lol
Heh there is more truth in Harry Potter.
I’ve had ppl argue with me about this. Lol
You guys have really perfected the movie reaction genre, and it's really because you are both such genuinely likeable and good people.
No Country for Old Men is going to be the next movie you need to see from the Coen Bros. it brought them to the next level of notoriety they got known for writing with Fargo for NCOM they became legends in directing as well it's so good! edge-of-your-seat entertainment the whole way through!
They should try a lighter film first, like Raising Arizona or personal fave O Brother before going right into another dark one. O Brother is worth it for the music alone!
NCFOM is arguably their masterpiece. Or is it Raising Arizona?
Both are arguably perfect.
Or is it Fargo? Or do they have more than one?
The sherif is played by Francis McDormand who also played the mom in Almost Famous. Amy Madigan was in Field of Dreams and also John Candys girlfriend in Uncle Buck.
Another great reaction. This movie blew me away when I first watched it.
Since Amber likes crime dramas, might I suggest a couple of my favorites. Frailty was directed by and stars Bill Paxton (Aliens, Twister, etc.) and Matthew McConaughey (Dazed and Comfused). This one has some great plot twists. Copycat stars Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Ghostbusters, etc.) and Holly Hunter on the trail of a serial killer who copies other serial killers' M.Os.
I always look forward to your reactions (music and movies). You two feel like good friends I can't wait to see. Thanks.
The Coen Brothers' films are great. After doing this one, they thought they had given Steven Buscemi too many lines so in their next one--the absolutely incredible and hilarious The Big Lebowski--he gets told all through the movie to shut up. Another great Coen Brothers movie is Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? a take on a Shakespeare play with incredibly great music in it. It's also a comedy.
This is a great movie. I know there’s tons of Coen Brothers fans that love The Big Lebowski, but personally I think Miller’s Crossing is their best. After that I go with Raising Arizona (one of the funniest movies ever) and O Brother Where Art Thou (my favorite George Clooney performance). Blood Simple (their first film) is also great.
The remake of True Grit is also wonderful
One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Great Reaction Guy's
Kudos to both of you for never losing sight of how evil Jerry is and of the human cost of each and every life lost and every traumatized victim.
I saw their first movie, Blood Simple, in the theater and loved it. So I saw Raising Arizona and almost all of the others too.
Fargo is about perfect but a few get better with repeat viewings -- at least for me.
Yep! Have to feel sorry for Scotty. His mom & grandpa murdered thanks to his soon to be imprisoned father's idiotic scheme.
The reviewers seemed to be unaware of the Oscars and other accolades given to "Fargo." in a way this makes their review and comments even more meaningful.