While this follow up to Fargo is not the Coen Brothers (Dir. Raising Arizona) greatest comedy, The Big Lebowski is a really funny movie. It’s very quirky and that sense of not knowing what to expect is full and rich, and definitely brought out by the acting, for it seems the characters have no idea what’s going on.
The
Big Lebowski chronicles the life of “The
Dude” aka Jeffrey Lebowski (Jeff Bridges, Starman) a bum who loves white Russians and smoking hashish.
And spending time with his buddies at the bowling alley Walter (John Goodman, Babe
Ruth) a certifiable gun nut who believes in
keeping the Sabbath, and Ronny (Steve Buscemi, Reservoir Dogs) a scrawny guy with a heart condition. Their bowling
team is antagonized by the lecherous Jesus (John Turturro, Unsung
Heroes).
The
Dude awakes one day to find a couple of toughs peeing on his carpet, and finds
he has been mistaken for another Jeffery Lebowski, or, “The Big Lebowski”, a
millionaire Industrialist. The Dude then gets wrapped up in the lives of
Lebowski’s sister, his estranged trophy wife, and many other sordid character.
I’d give this movie a 2 for sure, for shear originality.
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