OK, let's first start by saying FARGO is one of the best movies of all time. If you don't get it, go back to watching the Ernest series.

Next, I'm tired of hearing the complaints that it's too bloody and violent. That's the point (and counterpoint to Margie and other fine Minnesotans). But it is this complaint that brings me to MY point.

The creepiest scene in the movie, regardless of bullets in the head or more graphic forms of violence, is where Jerry lies to his son about his mother's situation. Very few of us will experience the extreme violence of the criminals, but every parent should squirm during Jerry's betrayal of Scotty. This heinous activity is done by parents, for various reasons, every day.

If you haven't seen it, rent it. If you have seen it, buy it. Watch it again and again. Note especially the camera work where Jerry is talking on the phone to Reilly Diefenbach. Take extensive notes. Listen to the score. Note the lilting, whimsical theme that accompanies an aerial shot of a car driving in a parking lot. Laugh, enjoy, watch it again.

At the very least, FARGO is the movie that finally answers the question "Where's pancakes house?"