It's touted to be a true story but it ain't. Alas, one hates to see artists one is impressed with stoop to a marketing ploy right in the movie itself but it's not my call. No Coen asked me what I thought about it while they were making the movie. At any rate Fargo itself is a joy. It's wonderful fun much like Raising Arizona. Each character is developed. They react with that character's actual reactions. They talk as that character would actually talk. Then there is the exquisite storytelling to behold. The story of a car salesman who married the rich boss's daughter and has been squelched in his father-in-law's shadow ever since. His father-in-law holds him in low esteem and never fails to hammer the point. But, one can see why. Our antihero is a sniveling shirker who takes no responsibility for his life and thinks no further ahead than yesterday. Instead of coming up with a real plan to improve his life he hires two goons to kidnap his wife so he can snag the ransom that her daddy would have to ante up. The best laid plans!