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Summary: BRAVO!!
Review: Another mastrpiece of big brothers. Amasing performance, characters, plot, dialogs...everything. I saw this movie probabaly 20-25 times, but it`s still very enjoyable to me. Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, John Tarturo, German gang and others are OUTSTANDING! One of the best picture I`ve ever seen in my life. BRAVO!!
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Summary: Being white trash has never been cooler
Review: The Big Lebowski is the funniest Coen Bros. film to date. Possessing the quirkiness of other Coen films (Raising Arizona, Hudsucker Proxy and O Brother Where Art Thou), it features some of the best dialogue since Pulp Fiction. And like Pulp Fiction, it is laden with the "f" word. According to one internet site, it has at least 259 "f" words, compared to 260 in Pulp Fiction.The 2 main characters, The Dude (Jeff Bridges) and Walter Sobchack (Jeff Goodman) are the epitomy of white trash America. After watching this film, I'm almost envious of them. The Dude always looks comfortable in his flip flops, old t-shirts and worn out pants. And their conversations are so funny. Even if what their saying isn't funny, the way they say it is. They try to talk about intellectual subjects but lack the vocabulary so instead they use swear words left and right. But it's not offensive. If anything, you must watch this movie to see the Jesus Quintana character, a Spanish bowler in a purple jump suit. He only has a few scenes but they are dynamite.
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Summary: F#@k it Dude, let's go bowling...
Review: Without a doubt, the funniest movie ever made. I've seen it a hundred times, and will watch it a hundred more.
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Summary: Absolutely riotous!
Review: Another hilarious effort from the Brothers Coen. Not as inspired as "Miller's Crossing," but far superior to the overrated "Fargo."
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Summary: There's a little Dude in all of us.
Review: Excellent performances by all. Comedy + Suspense + A big of Naughty This 'n That and you've got The Big Lebowski. A terrific treat for open minded fun-loving care-free individuals everywhere. For everyone else, much needed therepy. The first couple of reviewers hit the nail on the head and I couldn't agree more.
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Summary: "A lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-yous."
Review: Easily the funniest comedy of the Nineties; probably one of the funniest movies of all time. It's a tale of TWO unrelated Lebowskis who've never crossed paths, both having the first name of Jeffrey: one is a vastly wealthy philanthropist; the other is a burned-out refugee from the Sixties with no apparent means of income, content to smoke Thai stick, drink White Russians, and bowl at the local alley. (If he's serious about anything, it's the latter.) The plot is too wondrously complicated to truly summarize for a short Amazon review. Suffice to say that the "bum" Lebowski (who insists that people call him "The Dude") becomes the victim of mistaken identity in which he's confused with the "big" Lebowski. The Dude's attempts to clear up this mistake -- and his seeking of compensation for a soiled rug that "really tied the room together" -- are the main thrusts of the narrative drive. The sheer complexity of the plot, always verging on incomprehensibility, is a sort of spoof of *The Big Sleep* (the shared "big" in each title is not a coincidence). Indeed, The Dude soon emerges as a sort of private-detective figure like Marlowe, with no small amount of authority. "This case has got me all uptight!" he muses, sipping his White Russian. The case has "many facets", many "interested parties", with "a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-yous". And The Dude takes them all in his inimitable stride. I love The Dude. I admire The Dude. I want to be The Dude when I grow up. Rejecting the many stupidities of the "society" we've made for ourselves, The Dude somewhere along way had decided to live life on exactly his own terms. It takes a massive amount of will to do that. Sure, he's a "deadbeat", he's laughable, but he's also courageous. And who's better, anyway? The fascist sheriff of "beach-community" Malibu? The pretentious faux-artist Maud? The sham "achiever" Big Lebowski? The pornographer Jackie Treehorn? It's no wonder that his friends (a hilarious, loudmouthed John Goodman and a three-steps-behind nonentity played by Steve Buscemi) defer to him and respect him: The Dude carries a dignity -- along with a White Russian -- with him wherever he goes. He's like shabby royalty. As for the creators of this character: Jeff Bridges, ALWAYS an undervalued actor, attains the pinnacle of the actor's art with his performance here (for many of us, he'll ALWAYS be The Dude from here on out, whether he likes it or not!) . . . and the Coen Brothers have added another figure to join Margie Gunderson, H.I. McDonnough, Barton Fink, and so many of their other creations, in the pantheon of the greatest characters ever conceived for the cinema.
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Summary: Easily best (and certainly most quotable) film ever made
Review: TBL can only be described as a cult classic. It is probably the most re-watchable film you'll ever see, and one that you will probably quote until you're dead in the ground. For a film about nothing, Lebowski has everything. Acting is superior - Turturro is his usual versatile self, as are Goodman and Buscemi, and I don't think I'd be wrong if I said that no one could probably portray the Dude as well as Bridges did. The film has one-liners like there's no tomorrow - almost every line from the film can be used in some hilarious context in real life. And finally, it only gets better with repeated viewing. I don't think there's ever been a time that I've seen this film and have not learned something new - and I don't think I'd be lying if I said that I've seen it 20 times, at least. It was this film that introduced me to the Coen brothers, and it was because of this film that I decided to watch O Brother, Where Art Thou (another classic). If you've never seen a Coen Brothers film, this is probably your best opportunity.
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Summary: The best.
Review: Probably my favorite movie of all time. Big Lebowski is enjoyable on every level. It's a great comedy, it's social commentary on SoCal, and of course, as with all Cohen Bros. films, you can find a nigh-metaphysical layer of import if you look deep enough. If you haven't seen it, you have to check it out.
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Summary: Very Funny!
Review: The Coens' Brothers have a nack for sly wit and intelligent humor that others can't touch. And the fun thing about their movies is you pick more and more of the humor up as you watch them over and over again!
I can't get bored of this movie(or any Coen's Bros), its probably the funniest movie ever made in my humble opinion, and Jeff Bridges is awesome as the lead.
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Summary: If you have a little "Dude" in you...
Review: ...you're going to love this (eventually)... The first time I saw it, I had no idea what I had just seen and I don't recall being at all impressed. Since then it has become a movie I need to see every couple of months just to unwind...which is truly what the movie is intended to have you do, in my opinion. You are to appreciate this film in the same way the Dude goes about his life...nice and easy, no need to rush, if it looks amusing go with it. Those looking for a deeper meaning will never find it...those moving at the speed of the film just might...
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