Being a Steve Buscemi fan, it is hard to choose my favorite movie he is, but one sticks out in particular. In Fargo Steve Buscemi plays the role the not-so-scary kidnapper Carl Showalter. Although the movie is supposed to be a dark tragedy, Steve Buscemi playing the kidnapper turns it into dark humor. Also, the fact that is takes place in snowy North Dakota, and everyone has Canadian-like accidents, it just adds to the movies intended humor. The dialogue is almost hilarious because you get a sense that the director is making fun of Canadian accidents and how they are so friendly when talking to one another; but the setting is just as perfect as the dialogue. The movie takes place in a quiet small town, where the only police case is about a broken down car or a missing pet. So when this goofy car salesman hires Steve Buscemi's character to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom, it kind of adds humor to the dark concept.
Steve Buscemi and the man (Gaear Grimsrud) next to him get hired to kidnap this low paid car salesman, and hold her ransom until the wife's father pays off the ransom. The car salesman goal all along is to hire these people to kidnap his wife- get his father-in-law to pay the ransom- then meet with the kidnappers and split the money. This elaborate goal is supposed to take the car salesman and his family out of a tight money situation, but sure enough, more and more problems occur, and the friendly pregnant policewomen gets involved in the case.
As the movies unfolds, you realize how stupid the decisions begin made by the characters are, and you are able to look past the fact that someone is begin kidnapped against will, by their own husband.