| This is a very strange film from the Coen brothers. Supposedly based on
a true story, it's about these two criminals who are hired by an automobile
salesman to kidnap his wife so that he can get his father-in-law to pay
ransom, and thus take a cut of it. For reasons never made clear, he is
severely in debt and acting out of desperation, and willing to risk his
wife's life in the process. It's also about this very pregnant sheriff
from a neighboring county who investigates the crime. The bizarre added
effect to all this is that it takes place in North Dakota and in Minnesota,
in the winter, with snow covering everything. All the people in the movie,
with the exception of the criminals, have extremely nordic accents. The
whole flick is truly bizarre and a bit gory in places, but while it is
very weird like Pulp Fiction, it doesn't have same stunning pacing or
soundtrack. |