A desperate car salesman’s bumbling scheme to have his wife kidnapped for ransom goes hilariously and horrifically wrong in this 1996 dark comedy classic. Frances McDormand steals the show as Marge Gunderson, the unflappable, very pregnant police chief who cracks the case with Minnesotan charm and an ironclad moral compass. Between woodchippers, bad accents, and crimes committed by guys who are clearly not criminal masterminds, Fargo turns small-town life into a snowy, blood-soaked tale of greed, stupidity, and the occasional, “Oh yah, you betcha.”
