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1998
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1.5
Other creatures inhabit Lebowskiland that cant be found outside their natural habitat.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Yet to look for the point is to miss it entirely.Coen heads hop aboard for the ride.
Austin Chronicle
3.8
Few movies could equal that one, and this one doesnt but its weirdly engaging, like its hero.
Rogerebert
3.0
It never really bored me at any point, but at the same time, it never really excited me either.
JoBlo
5.0
As a follow up to Fargo, The Big Lebowski is an over the top comedy filled with satiric swipes at the Raymond Chandler private eye movie genre.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
The comedy here is sometimes so sharp that you could roll in the aisle with laughter and not seem any odder than the characters you see onscreen.
Sover
1.9
But if its all supposed to be in fun, why does it feel so much like an insult
Tv Guide
4.4
Imagination is the key word here.You dont see many movies where the makers dare to dream of wild stuff and pull it off.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.8
There is no satisfactory beginning, middle or end to it, but it does have its moments.If you are a big Coen Brothers fan, or if you are one of those j ..
Lariat
3.8
Viewers with a taste for bizarre, even surreal, humor will have a ball.
Cs Monitor
4.5
But its time for someone to stand up and say it: Theres absolutely nothing going on under the amazing production design, breathtaking camera angles an ..
Film Journal
4.0
A lot of people were simply perplexed by its rambling plot (so incoherent that even Sam Elliott, who narrates the film, cant follow it) and its cinema ..
Mountain X
3.2
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Emanuellevy
5.0
Although played strictly for laughs, The Big Lebowski raises some provocative questions about friendship.
Reel Talk Reviews
5.0
Its not surprising that the Coens would produce the most memorable cult hit since The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
Q Network
3.2
Nearly everything in The Big Lebowski is a put on, and all that leaves you with is the Coens bizarrely over deliberate, almost Teutonic form of rib nu ..
Ew
5.0
But the fun of this film is listening to the snappy script, enjoying the wonderful characterization, and watching Jeff Bridges do what he does best.
Cinema Crazed
5.0
The Festival Alarm bells ring early in The Festival.It seems to take an age to reach the .. The Eyes Of Orson Welles Scottish director Mark Cousins is ..
Empire
4.0
Like other Coen brothers movies, the story is too crazy to be believed and so well done you cant stop watching it.
Common Sense Media
2.5
There are more ideas here, more wacko side characters and plot curlicues than the film can support, and inevitably it deflates from having to shoulder ..
Sf Gate
1.3
There are bits of brilliance here as in all Coen Brothers movies. Just not enough of them.
Sf Gate
5.0
Apart from psychedelic dream sequences with a bowling twist, its the wealth of great characters and their insane dialogue that make this a memorable f ..
Bbc
4.5
Soon after the Gulf War filled the airwaves with such Orwellian obscenities as collateral damage, the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, tuned into the ma ..
New Yorker
4.4
Wrong.Its all downhill from there as Spice World collapses into a series of misfired comedy sketches.
Mr Brown Movies
4.0
The Big Lebowski may have a reputation for being the late night movie of choice for some burnouts, but its much more than your average stoner film.
Bullz-Eye
3.8
The Big Lebowski is a mess. But what a glorious, wonderfully entertaining mess it is.
ReelViews
2.5
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u ..
Calendar Live
4.5
Inspired surrealistic dream sequences, and touches of ribald humor, spike the films hilarious punch.
Coles Mithey
4.4
Its a cult movie proven to grow on audiences, and its visual punch (abetted by stalwart Coen cinematographer Roger Deakins), off kilter dialogue, and ..
Groucho Reviews
2.5
It remains their very best film, crammed with memorable characters and quotable dialogue.
Reel Film
4.4
All the characters end up as the butt of jokes, but the jokes are always deserved and never contrived.
Movie Habit
4.5
The writing in this film is brilliant in that it builds a rich character base without getting too overt or too subtle.
7M Pictures
2.5
But this uneven screwball comedy a disjointed and half hearted attempt by the Coen brothers to return to the Raising Arizona style is bound to underwh ..
Deseret News
4.0
There is nothing apologetic about this film.It is in your face and blatantly offensive at times, yet compulsive and entertaining at others.
Urban Cine File
4.5
You know real specifically how it figured as a nuisance but you dont know specifically what it gained you, since you dont know how easy it would be to ..
New City Film
3.8
The Big Lebowski is entertaining enough.The characters are frequently fun and the performances strong, but the film falls apart as it comes to a close ..
Cinema Sight
4.0
Bills Vikings: How to watch, listen, what to look for The Bills will take an 0 2 record to Minnesota to take on the 1 0 1 Vikings Sunday.Heres some ke ..
Rochester Goes Out
3.8
Hilarious, well written, and well performed by both Bridges and Goodman, The Big Lebowski blows other more recent slacker comedies out the water and p ..
Reel Talk Online
3.5
Rolling Stone once called The Big Lebowski (1998) the most worshipped comedy of its generation.
Stream On Demand At Home
5.0
Thankfully, since the film sacrifices all else (including emotional content, profundity, and narrative logic) for the laugh, its downright hilarious.
Movie Martyr
2.5
But all out slapstick flatters the Coens much less than their own perverse, disciplined, wonderfully off center sense of humor.
Nicks Flick Picks
5.0
Quite surprisingly, The Big Lebowski is a pretty engaging listening experience.
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