Recapture (2016)

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Despite everything it was capable of, all of these poor choices strung together amount to nothing more than a counter-productive film.

Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.

People are so much deeper and far more extraordinary than what gender they were assigned at birth.

It’s easy to dismiss Joel and Ethan Coen for writing from the world they build from outside the box of overarching Hollywood stereotypes, but their inability to compromise their collective vision is precisely what makes the simplistic nature of their world-building and characters so brilliant. It’s also what led Fargo to collect seven Oscar nominations and two wins for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress for Frances McDormand’s brilliant portrayal of the sincere, motherly detective whose wholesome demeanor seizes the day over the selfishness, corruption and evil of the men who don’t comprehend that there’s more to life than a little money.