The Big Lebowski Reviews
7M Pictures
On one hand, it has many layers, but on the other hand, it's just about a dude who wants his rug back.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Reel Film Reviews
...yet another in a long line of promising yet disappointing comedies from Joel and Ethan Coen...
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| Original Score: 2/4
IGN DVD
One of the funniest, coolest, most absurd cult films ever made, and one of the best from the dynamic duo - Joel and Ethan Coen.
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| Original Score: 10/10
Groucho Reviews
It's the whole proud, embarrassing sociopolitical, cultural heap of American history-and the American Century in particular-in two fleet, funny hours. [Blu-ray]
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
MSN.com
The Coens concoct an absurdist Chandler-esque mystery, drop in a couple hilarious dream fantasies, and even bring in a drawling Sam Elliot to narrate this tall tale like a western myth.
ColeSmithey.com
[VIDEO] You'd never guess that the movie is loosely based on Raymond Chandler's detective novel "The Big Sleep."
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| Original Score: A
Cinema Sight
I'm not a fan of the Coen Brothers, but this is an entertaining enough diversion.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Common Sense Media
A wild ride for adults only.
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| Original Score: 4/5
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
To what do we owe the pleasure of the Coen Brothers' new joie de vivre and love for their fellow man?
Film4
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.
KPBS.org
As with Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski gives us a protagonist whose dopey innocence seems to be his only protection from the real world.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
If it's all supposed to be in fun, why does it feel so much like an insult?
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Top CriticAdds up to considerably less than the sum of its often scintillating parts.
eFilmCritic.com
Bridges does more with his deflated body language than many comedians can manage by chewing the furniture.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
If nothing else, the Dude speaks for me when appraises the music of the Eagles.
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| Original Score: 4/5
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.
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.
