Another Brilliant, Twisted Film from the Coen Brothers

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2006)

The Coen brothers are known for a bizarre sense of humor as are their fans and once again they hit the nail on the head with this film.
Jeff Bridges plays Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a burned out ex-hippie who hates the Eagles (70s rock group), who's biggest joys in life are bowling with his buddies, played by John Goodman and Steve Buscemi, driving around, and the occasional acid flashback. He is mistaken for the millionaire Jeff Lebowksi, who owes a lot of debt, by two angry mobsters and they.....well ruin his favorite rug shall we say. He goes to the paralyzed millionaire for retribution for his rug only to become even tangled up in a kidnapping plot, which involves a severed pinky toe, threats of castration, and the death of a car (as the Dude puts it). He enlists the help of his crazy, paranoid, Vietnam veteran, Walter (played by Goodman), who converted to Judiasm also, to help him out figure out all the chaos going on.
The film is for people with a weird sense of humor. This is not your typical Hollywood comedy by any sense of the imagination. And this does have some pretty rough language in it, with the f-word being said 251 times. Recommended for fans of Monty Python and definitely a must see for fans of the Coens brothers as well as Jeff Bridges.