Rotten
Adds up to considerably less than the sum of its often scintillating parts.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
The Big Lebowski
Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.
1998 · 1h 57m · R
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Joel Coen
Overview
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Director and cast
- Joel Coen Director
- Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey Lebowski
- John Goodman as Walter Sobchak
- Steve Buscemi as Theodore Donald Kerabatsos
- Julianne Moore as Maude Lebowski
- David Huddleston as Jeffrey Lebowski - The Big Lebowski
- Philip Seymour Hoffman Cast
- Tara Reid Cast
- Philip Moon Cast
- Mark Pellegrino Cast
- Peter Stormare Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The result is a lot of laughs and a feeling of awe toward the craftsmanship involved. I doubt that there'll be anything else like it the rest of this year.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
Far from being shallow pastiche, it's actually about something: what it means to be a man, to be a friend, and to be a 'hero' for a particular time and place.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
A typical Coen brothers film is like no film you've ever seen.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
As tempting as it is to completely dismiss The Big Lebowski, it's hard to do because the Coens are able to create wickedly funny eccentrics and possess the ability to energize certain actors to inhabit them completely.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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