rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1998
Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; produced by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Peter Stornare, Sam Elliott, Jon Polito
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'The Big Lebowski' is another great film from the Coen brothers. There is
not much story but the movie is full with beautiful characters. Jeff Bridges
plays 'the Dude', a guy who does nothing all day. Well, he bowls and drinks
White Russians. His real name is Jeff Lebowski and he is mistaken for the
big Lebowski, a very rich man. When they ask him money in his apartment,
they put his head in the toilet and urinate on his rug. All the Dude wants
is a new rug, but when he goes to the real big Lebowski to ask one, things
will get way out of hand.
The bowling he does with Walter, played by a fantastic John Goodman, a guy
who was in Vietnam (and yes, we will know that), and with Donny (Steve
Buscemi). Donny is nothing but a guy they bowl with, he is not really
allowed to speak. Walter and Donny have the same joke over and over again,
you will laugh every time. We have a side character Jesus played by John
Turturro, it doesn't add much to anything, but again, a wonderful character.
Julianne Moore plays the daughter of the big Lebowski and she has a very
nice character too. There is another very funny group, in the movie they are
called nihilists. You will have to see the movie to understand it, but you
will agree they are all very funny characters.
Because of the characters you don't really see there is so little story.
There are some great dream sequences with great music and the best thing is
the cinematography. Like in most Coen-movies it looks very beautiful (The
Man Who Wasn't There comes to mind). Definitely a Coen-movie, definitely
great.