This aggression shall not stand!

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2006)

... but The Big Lebowski will, for a long time. With characters seemingly transported from a '70s hippie-exploitation B-movie, acting out a plot redolent of Raymond Chandler, only with enough slapstick to keep the Three Stooges busy for years, this movie's a bona fide hoot, whether or not you remember who Creedence was. Superb casting, line readings that shimmer, a quotable script, and a dream sequence that you'll remember every time you lace on those bowling shoes. And a soundtrack that includes Mickey Newbury's sublime "Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition was In)" from 1968, sung by Kenny Rogers! I believe in nothing ... except The Big Lebowski.