Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand).

The Coen Brothers have consistently created good content for thirty years, with almost everything they touch being golden (or at worst silver). Somehow along the way, "Fargo" got to be the film most associated with them (even overshadowing the cult hit "Big Lebowski"). Nothing wrong with that.

This is clearly the film that got people to notice Frances McDormand if they had not already done so, and probably lead to much bigger things for Peter Stormare (one of the greatest character actors in the business today).