maybe people enjoy this movie because they have never seen a crime or dark comedy film but this movie does justice to neither genre. it pales in comparison to the other two coen brothers films ive seen, the big lebowski and o brother where art thou. At first you think it is a drama, then a comedy but whatever it is it isnt a very good one of either. i guess what im trying to say is that this movie is nothing special, something that i or one of my friends could write and i am completely baffled as to why it was so critically acclaimed. the only thing i can guess is that everyone jumped on the bandwagon with this one.. frances mcdormand is good and the jokes about minnesotans are funny at first but they wear out fast. i would pass on this one if i were you

also, after surfing rottentomatoes i noticed that many of the same critics who panned fight club for having gratuitous violence raved the hell out of this one which in my opinion has lots of unnecessary scenes with sex and violence. go figure...