| The Big LebowskiReleased: March 6, 1998 Studio: Working Title Films Genre: comedy/mystery Box Office (numbers in millions):Domestic: 17.50 Worldwide: -- Adjusted for Inflation:Domestic: 31.68 Worldwide: -- |
Directing: Joel & Ethan Coen Screenwriting: Joel & Ethan Coen Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore Review:1996’s Fargo seemingly opened up the Coen brothers to the “commercial bigtime. Their immediate reaction, naturally, was to laugh in the face of populism.” EO They carved out a story about Geoffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, the perfectly cast Jeff Bridges, in “a pastiche of Raymond Chandler's labyrinthine noir.” EO They “managed to construct a kidnap mystery in which the detective isn’t a detective and nobody was actually kidnapped.” E18 The Dude “has his routine of bowling and dope-smoking rudely interrupted when debt collectors mistake him” EO for a millionaire of the same name “and piss on his rug.” EO “Egged on by his brute buddy, the ineptly psychopathic Vietnam vet Walter (Goodman having the time of his life)…he seeks reparation.” EO “A whole host of crossing and double crossing ensues in this surreal adventure.” EO A parade of quirky characters parade across the screen, from “Julianne Moore's pseudo-European feminist art freak, Peter Stomare's German synth rocker-cum-porn star nihilist or John Turturro's outrageous convicted child-molester turned bowling alumnus Jesus.” EO “For those who delight in the Coens' divinely abstract take on reality, this is pure nirvana.” EO This is “the funniest movie of the ’90s (pretty much) – which has since spawned a genuine film cult.” E18 Sources:
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