Fargo
Movie • 1996 • Crime
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Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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a parent does try to run from the law without their child, but it's unsuccessful and there's no emphasis on the child at all
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frogteeth
A character threatens to kill another character's family, including his child, over the phone
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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KristenC
Not really, but the kidnapping scene isn't fun to watch, and later the kidnappers laugh at her struggling to run with a bag over her head. Could be triggering.
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takver
A man has his wife kidnapped by violent thugs.
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Are there abusive parents?
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KristenC
Not physically but Jerry is just fine with making his son suffer by orchestrating his mother's kidnapping
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Is someone gaslighted?
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asssushi
I think people are saying yes because there is a lot of lying in general in the film, but there's no actual gaslighting, in the traditional sense
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Cassiman
Jerry is mistreated by his father and law and retaliates by organizing his wife’s kidnapping and ransom
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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KristenC
A man chokes another man with a belt and then whips him with it
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Addiction
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Tobacco
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Are there bugs?
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A beetle is shown on a TV
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i never saw any implication that the villains did this to the victim at all. so either it's not actually there or it's very very subtle
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Is someone restrained?
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Chel
A women is bound and wrapped in a sheet in a kidnapping.
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suhblime
It’s implied that one kidnapper hit the woman he kidnapped but I don’t think anything is shown.
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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mothyman
a fair amount of blood but no gore. yes someone is put through a wood chipper but you just see a splatter of bloodstain on the snow. and blood from gunshots but no gaping wounds. so it's all implicit
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Is there body horror?
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A dead body is put in a wood chipper, but I wouldn’t call it body horror in the sense of horrific transformation or mutilation of living body
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Does a head get squashed?
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Someone gets shot in the top of the head.
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Is there amputation?
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Someone is put through a wood chipper, in the end, all you see is a field of blood and a foot sticking out.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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coldbutburning
someone is strangled with a belt and temporarily asphyxiate
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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McKenzieWilkes
About an hour into the film someone is attacked in a hotel room and their belt is taken off of them and they are momentarily choked with it.
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Are any hands damaged?
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KristenC
A woman bites a man's hand that is covering her mouth
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Chel
Jean falls down the stairs early in the movie as she runs away from the kidnappers while she is wrapped in a shower curtain.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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frogteeth
Kidnapping is a main part of the movie and there are many scenes involving the kidnapping
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Is there a shower scene?
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mothyman
i can't remember a shower scene. there is a scene with a shower but it's a woman hiding in it while it's off. nobody is naked or anything
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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KristenC
A lake is mentioned but not shown
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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asssushi
Marge thinks she is about to vomit and prepares to, but the feeling passes
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Is there audio gore?
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mothyman
nothing beyond bloodsplatters. and you only hear the sound of the woodchipper during that part
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Law Enforcement
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asssushi
Depends on your definition of copaganda. The Coen brothers are not trying to push a pro-cop message- that's not the point of the film, so I would argue it's technically not propagana.
However, all the cops in the film are kind, honest people.
However, all the cops in the film are kind, honest people.
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Does someone have cancer?
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asssushi
*MINOR SPOILER* a character talks about his spouse dying of cancer, it is later found out he was lying- no one has cancer
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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eastcraven
lots of chewing scenes, but they are brief
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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KristenC
A character is described as having "psychiatric problems". He lies about his wife dying to manipulate a woman he's interested in.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Cassiman
A car is flipped and a victim is trapped inside and murdered by a gunman
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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eastcraven
cop car lights
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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coldbutburning
swearing
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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moviefanlover
the main character is pregnant, she doesn't die but there are scenes where she's in peril that could potentially be disturbing to some people
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Chel
Marge is pregnant throughout the movie.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Anonymous
Stuff like "Is he deaf or something?" "What are you, blind?"
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Is there hate speech?
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Chel
An indigenous character is told to "smoke a peace pipe" after he gets angry.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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mothyman
almost exclusively white film. the two minor characters of color aren't portrayed in a positive light, but there's plenty of other white characters with a similar treatment
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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takver
Scene where two men have sex with prostitutes. Fairly explicit.
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Are there nude scenes?
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coldbutburning
you don’t see much but two men are having sex with prostitutes, then there’s another scene later.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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asssushi
The crash happens off-screen but we see the aftermath
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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moviefanlover
multiple characters die, nothing too graphic is shown but you do see the bodies often with blood around them. one famous scene where a dead body is fed into a wood chipper. all you see is a leg sticking out one end and and a big pool of blood by the other end.
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Is there gun violence?
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Hannah5
Lots of gun violence
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