Not out of its element...

Rating: 10/10 (8 September 2003)

You can try very hard for a long time to find something wrong with this film. Don't bother trying. There isn't anything. The script is wonderful ( as you'd perhaps expect from the Coens ), the casting and acting is spot on, the music is great and, above all, the feel of the whole thing is sublime. Pathos and humour in equal measure. Its difficult to pick out the best bits, there are so many memorbale lines and moments. Jeff Bridges looks born from the role of the Dude, Steve Buscemi and wonderfully understated, Julianne Moore almost unrecognisable quirky but it is John Goodman that steals the whole thing for me. His performance as Walter is one of the best you will see and is the main reason that you can watch this film over and over. It doesn't matter that you know what is going to happen and what he is going to say, the performance never disappoints. Whenever I travel on business I only ever take 1 DVD with me. The choice is always the same.