Most of American movies of the 1990's are childish mediocre films. Best movies are from directors Barry Sonnefeld, Quentin Tarentino, Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton and Joel Coen (sorry! no Spielberg) Everything in Coen's movies is out of focus. No sun in Fargo (just real cold snow) no beautiful hero, no stupid music, no predictible scenes. Just originality and a very strange sense of humor (reminds me of Hitchcock). The hero of the movie is a woman: she's not beautiful and she's pregnant! Just think about that : a woman is the hero of an USA movie!!! She's a police officer and she don't know how to use a gun! We're far away from Hollywood clichés; and that's why I really love the Coen movies. At last, the movie is realistic. Superb piece of work!