Wolff rating: UNSURPASSED
Plot summary: Man hires hitmen to kidnap his wife, but things don't go as planned.
Biased, pithy comments: This movie is a combination of dry wit, human desperation, and bitter cold. Besides the quietly hilarious string of Minnesotaisms (oh, how they sounded like the mothers of my friends from up north), there is actual hot hatred, warm love, and burning horror found in this very quirky story set in the cold snow. See it.
Other Notes: No, it isn't a true story. Look it up on the Urban Legends homepage.
How many times I have seen it: x1.5
Starring: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Kristin Rudrud, Frances McDormand.
Directed by: Joel Coen