I think this movie is epic and anyone that writes it off as a romance isn't paying attention. And at first it's not even about love, not really. Passion and obsession rule and horrible, horrible choices resonate throughout lives forever intertwined by these choices.
It doesn't even approach love until all is lost and selfishness is put aside for selflessness. Then it becomes a story of penance, forgiveness and redemption. And even love and understanding.
People pay sorely for their mistakes in this movie and regret and grief are as much a sign of its suffering as any wounds. Some things can never be undone but there is a kind of solace in the end. Sometimes some things are still worth the risk.
I think it's a pretty complex movie and that's why I think it's a masterpiece.
But I also loved Fargo as well.
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