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All parent reviews for Fargo

Age
14
Average rating based on 11 parent reviews:
  • 55% say violence is an issue
  • 36% say sexual content is an issue
  • 36% say language is an issue
  • 27% say there are positive role models
Adult
July 21, 2009
 
GREAT MOVIE
One of the funniest movies i have seen. The coen brothers do it again!

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Adult
April 6, 2009
 

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Adult
August 26, 2009
 
A Movie With Intense Violence and Golden Humor
First of all, the film is mainly about desperation. The lead man was in great need of money he got to a point that he would get the money by kidnapping his own wife through two criminals who happens to be aimless in life other than getting the money. Two characters contain the quality of too much violence in them. On the other side, we see a character that, even she is pregnant, is doing her best to serve in her job as a policewoman. This character also imposes the virtue of care to everyone around you. So, this film also perfectly blends intense violence with pitch humor suited to the supposedly "dark" story. In the end, this is a brilliant film that is, otherwise, not appropriate for young children. Even then, age barriers couldn't hinder the exotic intelligence exerted in this film. Perfect!

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Parent of 11, 14, 15, and 18 year old
January 4, 2011
 
14+
This movie is bloody and six people die. One of the guys is constantly smoking.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
STINKS
It still boggles my mind that this movie is considered brilliant!? It is disgusting, filthy, full of language, murder and violence. What is so brilliant about that? What a waste of talent, time, money, just about everything...

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
Brilliant.
I love this movie. It's truly incredible and unique, and manages to be both funny and thrilling. However, it's probably not for sensitive viewers, since there are lots of f-words and brief but disturbing bursts of bloody violence. There's also two sex scenes, but they literally only a few seconds long each, so they're not a big deal. An incredible movie with great acting and a witty script, one of my favorites.

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Parent of 18 year old
February 21, 2011
 
A dark comedy
This is probably the strangest and quirkiest film I have ever seen. Everyone seems like a complete idiot, except Frances McDormand. This is a dark comedy, but some people say this is a drama. There wrong. Anway, features some violence, all very bloody, and language is beyond comprehension. But something here seems moral. I think it's teaching us a lesson. We should think about what we do before we do it. Jerry Lundergaard didn't, and he pays. It's hilarious, and dark, and pure minnesotan. 10/10 stars

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Adult
January 16, 2011
 
Perfect but very dark
Such a great film, and its my favorite Coen brothers movie, and one of my favorite movies ever. The acting is superb. William H Macy is so funny and sad. Steve Buscemi is super good also as criminal Carl, showing ruthlessness, but yet being so obnoxious and funny. And Frances Mcdormand as pregnant officer Marge Gunderson. She takes a much lighter, comedic role, as she cracks down the case, in a calm way. But she's also very funny and her oscar was very well deserved. The directing is so great too. The Coen's brothers style is so unique and just great in such small ways and they do their best work here. And their oscar winning script is so good too. But they way they easily blend dark comedy, bloody violence, and suspense makes the movie so original and a breath of fresh air. But this movie is very dark. Language is frequent, and mostly said by Carl, including many f***s and other words. Sex is not too big of an issue. Two brief scenes. In one, the two criminals are having sex with hookers, no nudity and very short. Second, Carl is having sex with a women, brief, and then it becomes interrupted, but no nudity in this movie. But violence is pretty bad. Carl and Gaer get pulled over by a cop with Jerry's wife in the back, Gaer shoots the cop in the head (point blank), then shoots a man getting out of the car that just passed them, then shoots a young woman in the car, that's flipped over. Carl shoots Jerry's father in law several times in the stomach, but the father in law shoots Carl in the face, and its very bloody. Gaer kills Carl with an axe, nothing shown because its blacked out before he actually kills him, then Carl is put in the wood chipper, very bloody, but also very darkly humorous. Also a brief beating, that's very funny. But violence is the name in this film. But really, you need to see it. Perfect.

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Adult
April 9, 2008
 
A great but violent movie
First of all dont listen to the poster who was before me this an excellent film it is bloody but it tells a great story. a must see

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Adult
June 2, 2011
 
Fabulously Morbid Show of Crime and Justice
Good Role Models: Pregnant police officer Marge Gunderson arrests the crooks and solves the situation wonderfully. Violence: Seven people are killed in total. The ending is brilliantly, morbidly bloody. Sexual Behavior: The two conmen pleasure themselves to hookers in Brainerd and one in Minneapolis. Graphic depiction of the cowgirl & missionary positions. Swearing: The f-word is most commonly used with a few other words tossed in the mix. Drinking and Smoking: Half of the characters smoke and drink all the time.

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Adult
August 5, 2009
 

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