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MOVIES . . . FARGO: After some superb mannerist films, filmakers Joel and Ethan Coen have returned to deadpan realist territory in their new film their native Minnesota. But the derisive new true-crime comedy should really be subtitled 'How to Laugh at People Who Talk Minnesotan,' says TIME's Richard Corliss. The film -- which has not much at all to do with Fargo, North Dakota -- is about the difficulty real folks have pulling off crimes that always go smoothly in fiction. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) needs a lot of cash, so he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare...
...this misses the point. The situation would be humorous if he failed to obtain enough votes to last in the race, but he is not even trailing as one with such fanaticism should be. Even once people concede that he actually emerged victorious in a state, they nevertheless laugh off the fact that he does not stand a real chance, and that at least he adds some excitement to what would otherwise be a boring showdown between the uncharged and uncharismatic former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander and the wornout and politically mechanical Dole...
...Feel like I should do a little Shakespeare," Pat says with a laugh, before telling his rapt audience just how he has come to be standing on this stage as the premier challenger to Bob Dole for the Republican presidential nomination. He recounts his achievements in Alaska, Louisiana and Iowa, ticking them off like battles from the Civil War. He pays tribute to "the rebels" of Lexington and Concord, "brave men who died for the idea of freedom." Buchanan, who loves costumes, is the only candidate who would not look strange in either Lincoln's stovepipe or Washington's tricorne...
...Letterman get away and ends with CBS's triumphal press conference welcoming Dave to the network. There's a postscript acknowledging that the ratings have since turned around, but the movie's take seems dated. After all, those NBC executives may be weasels, but who has the last laugh...
...speakerphone conversation between network executives discussing his fate. Later he phones program chief Warren Littlefield (Bob Balaban) to reveal what he knows. Littlefield, who takes the call on the toilet, jumps up in panic. Showing a network executive with his pants around his ankles may get a cheap laugh, but is this any way for a grownup movie...