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- FX
- Nov 21, 2023
- FX
- Nov 21, 2023
Summary The series based on the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning film begins with the arrival of Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) to Minnesota. Lorne's actions brings major changes to the lives of insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman); Officer Molly Solverson (Alison Tolman), the daughter of former chief (Keith Carradine); and Duluth De...
- FX
- Nov 21, 2023
- FX
- Nov 21, 2023
Summary The series based on the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning film begins with the arrival of Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) to Minnesota. Lorne's actions brings major changes to the lives of insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman); Officer Molly Solverson (Alison Tolman), the daughter of former chief (Keith Carradine); and Duluth De...
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
80
88% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
12% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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This season takes risks galore and comes up a winner every time.
Sure, this latest season also stars Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”), Jennifer Jason Leigh (“Hunters”) and Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”), but this is unequivocally Temple’s season and yeah, sure, you betcha, she shines.
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Based on 27 User Ratings
5.6
48% Positive
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19% Mixed
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User Score
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Based on 27 User Ratings
5.6
48% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
19% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
33% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
The user ratings for season 5 will be artificially low because the usual incels will flood this board and whine about how it’s too “woke” (a rapist monster is portrayed as the bad guy! That will offend them!)
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SEASON 5
Noah Hawley’s show has had some rocky seasons, but it finds itself this year by really going back to not just similar plot points but taking that idea of toppling dominos almost to a national level.
Even in a season that is deliberately trying not to surprise the audience but give them what they expect, it’s made at a high enough level that the familiarity feels like part of the fun.
More than anything, the fifth season of Fargo is wonderfully acted, swiftly paced, nasty fun.
Though this so-called "limited" series may be getting long in the tooth, each and every moment that Temple sinks her teeth into ensures it still has bite. While Season 5 might not be Fargo at its best, it is through performances like hers that it comes close.
It’s much easier to emulate the arch performance style of the Coens’ movies than it is to convey a sense of the character beneath the quirks, and Temple never gives a sense of who Dot is at her core, even when it turns out later in the season that there are many more shoes left to drop. Leigh too seems overdirected, all nasal consonants and power-suit scowls. Hamm strikes a more effective balance. .... Hawley is disinclined or perhaps incapable of replicating their [the Coens'] self-effacing charm.
How sad. What started off top notch has quickly turned into yet another politically driven story. Girl power is great, but when every white man in your show is either evil, a total and complete moron, or a supernatural monster-man, it becomes illogical and annoying. We've had enough of this, ask Disney/Marvel. That being said it isn't BAD. It's just loaded with this offensive white men= bad, everyone else= magic ridiculousness. Oh, and turning 90lb Juno Temple into Jason Bourne is a little silly too.
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SEASON 5
With just two episodes in, the latest season of Fargo, is among the best the series has had to offer. Juno Temple is amazing as the married-into-money "Minnesota nice" housewife with a secret past (that's revealed soon enough). There's so much to enjoy. The Christmas card photo. The slow burn (pun intended) kidnapping. The encounter with police that plays out like the best horror movie. Jon Hamm and his biblical bend on law enforcement, while one upping the FBI while lounging in an old fashioned hot tub. Oh sure, dere's the accents, dontcha know, but that's part of the charm. Welcome back Fargo. It's been too long.
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SEASON 5
We have a Mary Sue in Fargo now.
It's painfully obvious that the writers have lost touch with the essence of Fargo's dark humor and gripping storytelling. Instead, they seem to have embraced a checklist of clichés, with predictably cringe moments scattered throughout the season like confetti at a bad party. One can't help but wonder if the creative team has simply run out of fresh ideas and resorted to recycling tired tropes in an attempt to maintain relevance.
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SEASON 5
Id thought the first three seasons of Fargo were stellar, surpassed my expectations as a fan of the Coen Movie. Incredible acting by Thornton, Thewly and Plemons, great great Kirsten Dunst.
Season 4 is were the trouble starts. Its supposed to beFargo.
Now Season 5: Look: as a European , i would say there were some coherent arguments to be made for Orange man bad back in 2016. But since then it been White Man Bad, in general, in every big movie , series, anything. Even games nowadays.
Stop. The . Woke.
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