No Country is anti climatic because it intentionally subverts expectations. They make Brolin's demise as unexpected as death tends to be in real life. Brolin let his guard down, and the demons he released from that other world caught up with him.

I just showed Fargo to my nephew last week. I always challenge him to explain the theme of a movie. One theme I detected in Fargo is that good can only be sustained by people of strong character, while weak character invites evil. The car dealer, Jerry, is so weak that his evil decisions seem to fit him like a glove.

Viewers also thought the Cohens were just making fun of Midwesterners by portraying them like hicks, which they kind of were, but they were also portraying them as a strong culture of decent folk. So a regular Midwestern gal like Margie, though pregnant, has strong enough character that her goodness is really her power, which is what drives her to track down the vile murderers who invaded her town.

I remember when Jakob the Liar came out. I had decided to skip it because it had Robin Williams. His films got sappy during that era. I already watch a lot of WW2 and holocaust docs, even been to Dachau, so I wasn't in the mood to see a holocaust film get the Hollywood treatment at that time. Maybe I'll check it out eventually, but there are plenty of good options in that genre.