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The Big Lebowski (1998)

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Reviews Counted:74

Fresh:58

Rotten:16

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: Typically stunning visuals and sharp dialogue from the Coen Brothers, brought to life with strong performances from Goodman and Bridges.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] For pervasive strong language, drug content, sexuality and brief violence

Runtime: 1 hr. 57 min.

Genre: Comedy

Theatrical Release: Mar 6, 1998 Wide

Synopsis: The Coen brothers and their agreeable cast make more fun than sense with this scattered farce about a pothead bowler who is mistaken for a deadbeat... The Coen brothers and their agreeable cast make more fun than sense with this scattered farce about a pothead bowler who is mistaken for a deadbeat philanthropist and drawn into a cluster of kidnappers, nihilists, porn mobsters and Busby Berkeley beauties. [More]

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Peter Stormare, Flea, Leon Russom, Sam Elliott, Tara Reid, John Turturro, David Thewlis, Ben Gazzara, Aimee Mann, Dom Irrera, Jon Polito, Christian Clemenson, Jack Kehler, James G. Hoosier, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Mark Pellegrino, Paris Themmen

Director: Joel Coen

Director: Joel Coen
Screenwriter: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producer: Ethan Coen
Distributor: Gramercy Pictures

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Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Entertainment Weekly
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To what do we owe the pleasure of the Coen Brothers' new joie de vivre and love for their fellow man?

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
Aug 21, 2009
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Stylish and wickedly funny black comedy illuminated by a great performance from Jeff Bridges, and loaded with all the Coen brothers' trademark wit and flair.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
May 6, 2008
Film4

As with Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski gives us a protagonist whose dopey innocence seems to be his only protection from the real world.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
Nov 17, 2007
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

If it's all supposed to be in fun, why does it feel so much like an insult?

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment 19 Comments
Nov 7, 2007
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Adds up to considerably less than the sum of its often scintillating parts.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 10 Comments
Nov 7, 2007
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Bridges does more with his deflated body language than many comedians can manage by chewing the furniture.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Jul 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

If nothing else, the Dude speaks for me when appraises the music of the Eagles.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment 1 Comment
Jul 11, 2007
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The result is a lot of laughs and a feeling of awe toward the craftsmanship involved. I doubt that there'll be anything else like it the rest of this year.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
Apr 27, 2007
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Far from being shallow pastiche, it's actually about something: what it means to be a man, to be a friend, and to be a 'hero' for a particular time and place.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Jun 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

This deliberately messay comedy stars Jeff Bridges as a slack-brained pothead, but the funniest turn is given by John Turturro as a gay Latino bowler who urges his ball with sexy thrusts of his pelvis.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment 2 Comments
Apr 13, 2006
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

It's pretty much impossible not to love The Dude.

Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com | comment Comment
Feb 20, 2006
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

It's the actors that make this film: without the perfect casting ... and without their perfect comic timing, it wouldn't work. But it does work, every minute.

Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | comment Comment
Dec 18, 2005
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

Joel and Ethan Cohen are in the midst of just such a golden streak right now.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2005
Merle Bertrand
Merle Bertrand
Film Threat

After seeing and enjoying Lebowksi at least four times over the years, I can plainly see why the movie freaks have embraced this off-kilter comedy so enthusiastically.

Full Review Source: DVD Clinic | comment Comment
Oct 27, 2005
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic

In many ways, The Big Lebowski has surpassed Fargo as the Coens' high-water mark.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment 1 Comment
Aug 5, 2005
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

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Jul 5, 2005
Bullz-Eye.com

Jeff Bridges as The Dude is stroke of casting genius.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
Apr 9, 2005
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Mar 14, 2005
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

No, it's no Fargo. It's the most flamboyant, erratic, spontaneous movie the Coens have ever made.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
Feb 26, 2005
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
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