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"Sometimes, there's a man--I won't say 'a hero', but..."
With "The Stranger" Sam Elliot narrating us along, we come to meet our 'hero', The Dude (Jeff Bridges) in one of his best performances of his career. A trio of bowling pals (Bridges, John Goodman, and Steve Buscemi) are all in for a fun and wild ride which involve a mitricated-upon rug, a provocatively young trophy wife, a gang of nihilists who tote a ferret, an erotic artist who wants to conceive a child, interwoven references of Vietnam, a missing toe with green nail polish, a New Age dance recital, and President George Bush's speech of "not standing" aggression. If this sounds almost as wacked-out as the Coens' prior works of Fargo, Barton Fink, and The Hudsucker Proxy, you're right.

This film gets even wackier than most of their oeuvre. The Coens' place hilarious dream sequences which look straight out of Old Hollywood glam musical productions, but instead of Fred Astaire, we have The Dude. As one of the great anti-heroes of recent film, The Dude shows us any man, including a grossly lazy, amazingly sloppy one, can be admirable.

Once again, the Coen brothers take the simple scenario (this time, a story of mistaken identity), and weave it into a comic work of "what now?". Never have such one-demensional characters been given so much to do, and this film will leave you in stitches.

Unduly ignored at the box office (it was released during the first quarter of the calender year--traditionally known as a time when the movie going public tends to stay home), this film has become well respected as a rental and purchase. Take a chance on this comedy and you won't be sorry.

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The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski is your typical Coen brothers film. However, what makes this standout are the characters, who are altogether hilarious, pathetic, and weird. The setup is simple: A bowler and stoner named The Dude (Jeff Bridges) is inadvertently involved in the kidnapping of a millionaire's wife and the hilarity ensues from this point onward. If you're in the mood for a smart mystery, this is not that film. The performances are consistently excellent throughout. Bridges is superb in this film, embodying the spirit and mannerisms of The Dude, and you want to root for his character and lifestyle. John Goodman, the Dude's violence-prone, Vietnam veteran best friend, is just as good as Bridges, and they complement each other very well. Steve Buscemi is also good as the 'sanest' of the trio. Julianne Moore is on hand to provide more confusion and complication in the Dude's life. John Turturro is hilarious as the wacky Jesus Quintana, and maybe this movie should have put a couple of bowling sequences with him in it. Just watch this movie on a lazy afternoon because this movie has a lazy pacing and way about it. I don't know if this movie is everyone's cup of tea, but if it has a strong 'cult' following, it's worth a preview.

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