Features Acotrs: Jeff Bridges, Tara Reid, David Huddleston, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Jon Polito & Ben Gazzara. Rating:R Running Time: 118 Min. Jeff Lebowski, played by Jeff Bridges in a manner no one else could ever possibly match, is a stoner layabout who is one day mistaken for a different Jeff Lebowski (David Huddleston). The Big Lebowski, as opposed to the Dude, is a wealthy man who does a lot of great community service but who also has a young trophy wife (Tara Reid) who has run up quite a load of debt with unsavory people. It's the collection of one of these debts that sends a couple of thugs to the Dude's house, thinking he's the other Lebowski, and one of them even relieves himself on Dude's rug before realizing their mistake. It's a shame, too, because that rug really tied the room together. Spurred on by his friend Walter (John Goodman), a member of the Dude's bowling team and a Vietnam Vet with issues, the Dude goes to the Big Lebowski seeking compensation. Though all he wants is a new rug, he ends up being part of a greater mystery. Mrs. Lebowski gets herself kidnapped, and the Dude is asked to be the bagman for the ransom. In the course of his chiba-rattled efforts to fulfill his duties, the Dude will run afoul of a gang of nihilists, a pornographer (Ben Gazzara), Lebowski's daughter from his first marriage (Julianne Moore), and even a private detective (Jon Polito) sent to find Bunny Lebowski for completely different reasons. Amidst all this, the Dude will endure beatings, spilled beverages, and constant interruptions to his bowling game. The latter is a tragedy of the highest order, as the Dude and Walter are in a trio with their pal Donny (Steve Buscemi) and are about to enter into the league finals. Coen-regular Jon Turturro makes perhaps the most memorable of the many memorable cameos in the movie playing Jesus, the divinely named sex-offender bowling fetishist who constantly promises to do various unsavory things to the boys on the lanes. The Big Lebowski could just be a ridiculously entertaining movie that never stops surprising and certainly never gets boring. It's as mindless as is it is mind bending, a movie for whatever your mood. You just have to pop it in and let the Dude abide.Hope this helps you decide.Thanks for reading! :)Read full review
The movie was even better than we remembered, with excellent acting, hilarious situations, memorable dialogue, and a perfect throwback soundtrack. It’s has so much depth of social commentary and character development under a comic surface.
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I had never seen this movie. Rolling Stone had a feature article about it celebrating 10 years since it's release. This got me wanting to see it so I picked it up on EBay. I watched it one time and can understand how it became a cult favorite over the years despite relatively little fanfare on its initial release. John Goodman and Jeff Daniels are funny....crazy things happen to the zany characters. I will watch it again soon. I believe it will be one of those movies where you will pick up more to laugh at the more times you view it.
This movie is a bit of an oddball. The comedy is injected like a IV drip. It's so ridiculous, so well performed that you almost forget it's a movie. The acting is well done, which adds to the absurdity of the story - pointless. Yes, it's pointless but oh so entertaining. If you're looking for a flick that'll scratch the itch of just wanting a popcorn worthy show, this is an exceptional candidate. Funny, random, outrageous at times, all around hysterical in a modest way...
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Does no one in movies actually used the english language to portray a story rather than constant repetitive vulgar language. Do the actors have no confidence in their abilities with out shock value? I would not recommend it period.
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