# Fargo (1996)

> A desperate dealership manager’s botched kidnapping scheme unleashes a snowbound chain of murder that only a quietly formidable pregnant sheriff can untangle.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/233

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Joel Coen
- Cast: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell, John Carroll Lynch, Kristin Rudrüd, Bruce Bohne
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: deadpan, bleak, witty, crime movie night, dark comedy night

## Synopsis

A darkly comedic tale of crime gone wrong in the snowy Midwest.

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- [Clay Pigeons (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/15901)

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