I found it unwatchably boring. "Cimarron"(1931), my runner-up, is bad, but watchable.
Of course "Fargo" deserved the Best Picture Oscar for 1996.
What? Worse than Out of Africa and A Beautiful Mind? I don't think so.
shareFargo and Secret and Lies were better films that Year imo. Juliette Binoche and Williem Dafoe were probably the stand out performances. I think it's the late Anthony Minghella worse film imo. But when you had Weinstein's pushing for the film especially back then it was always going to win sadly. It's not an awful film just a fine one saved by wonderful performances.
I go from 1980 Best Picture onwards that I think are worse then The English Patient. Out of Africa, Driving Miss Daisy, Shakespeare in Love, A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, Crash, The Kings Speech and Green Book.I think are worse winners then The English Patient imo.
I'm not a big fan of The English Patient but I like it a lot better than Around the World in 80 Days, My Fair Lady, Chariots of Fire, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Crash and Green Book, among others. I haven't seen it in over twenty years but I remember it as being handsomely mounted, very well-acted and perfectly respectable, if far from award-worthy.
Yes, Fargo and Secrets & Lies - choosing from the nominees - were much better, as were quite a few other films that year.