What these 5 movies teach the world about Minnesota is … interesting

Fun fact: Allison Janney, terrific as Juno’s stepmom, also was great as a suburban Minnesota matron in “Drop Dead Gorgeous.”

The movie: Based on Scott B. Smith’s thriller, it’s about the uneasy alliance created when three men (Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton and Brent Briscoe) steal more than $4 million from a plane that crashed near their Delano home, leaving the pilot dead.

What it says about Minnesota: Perhaps the darkest movie ever made here, it takes a dim view of humanity but gets the details right: There’s tons of snow (although the production had to shift to Ashland, Wis., to find it), the isolated farmhouses look legit and you can see the actors’ breath when they speak outside (something that is not true, for instance, of the winter scenes in “Juno”).

The truth: There are probably Minnesotans foolish enough to steal money from some presumably very unscrupulous people. But would they also be dumb enough to sit around for months, waiting to get caught?

Funny accent? Nothing too noticeable.