Fargo

Last night was the final entry in Signs and Wonders and only two people showed up, not including the people who put the movie on. I have to say people missed a good film.
The plot of Fargo is both simple and complex. A down-and-out car salesman a arranges to have his wife kidnapped by two trigger-happy idiots so they can collect the ransom money from her wealthy father. The buffoons get the wife but end up killing a cop and two witnesses in order to cover their tracks. The whole plan spirals down from there.
Enter Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police officer who has to solve the case. I must say, I really liked her character. She's odd, quirky, but also smart and funny. She got a lot of laughs from the audience.
I won't give away the ending, but I will say it's one of the Coen brother's better endings.

This film could be linked to the Bible verse about the love of money being the root of all kinds of evil. Almost every crime is committed in this film for the purpose of getting money. While the car salesman thinks he can make a good plan, it all very quickly falls out of his control and blows up in his face. Another interesting Biblical parallel about sin finding you out.