This is one of the most hilarious films in the entire existence, and it also happens to be a story of kidnapping and homicide(s). The sheer comedy comes though not through one-liners or brainless jokes, but in the form of a situation in which a group of massively incompetent criminals are chased and hunted by a 7 month pregnant police officer. And the most important accomplishment of Coen brothers in this film is that as funny as the whole thing is, it's not so unbelievable. In fact, you'll find out that these are real people, people we might've known ourselves, that are going at it. Jerry Lundegaard is not a masterful lawbreaker, he's just a desperate, despicable mess in dire need of quick money, not nearly careful enough about what he's cooking. Likewise, Marge Gunderson is a talented policewoman that happens to be a human being, full of compassion and love for her relatives. That essence, normal people caught up in this story, is applicable to all main characters of this film, with an exception or two.

Sometimes I think about what happens if, for example, my illiterate uncle gives a speech in, let's say Stanford university and I get a chuckle just by imagining such occurrence, watching Fargo offers a lot of these chuckles and sometimes laughters.