Coens come through again

Rating: 7/10 (4 January 1999)

The Big Lebowski is one of the funniest films I have seen in a long time. How the Coens manage to put every sort of character, plot twists, unordered sequences and musical interludes into a film and still make it work is magical to me.
Jeff Bridges plays "the Dude" perfectly in this film opposite John Goodman as his buddy Walter. The duo are absolutely hilarious together and seem to play flawlessly off of each other throughout the film. Steve Buscemi plays a short but funny role as the spaced out friend of the Dude and John Turturro may have well stole the show playing the over-indulgent exposer/bowler Jesus.
This film contains some of the most hilarious and wacky scenes that I have seen in a long time. These include: the scene in which thugs bust into the Dude's lair and dunk his head in his toilet and then proceed to urinate all over his rug, the scene in which the Dude writes a check for 69 cents, the scene in which the Germans bust into the Dude's lair and put a Marmot into the tub with him while he is having a bath and the fight scene between the Germans and the Dude, Walter and Buscemi's character.
This film worked for me in every aspect except for the lack of a plot to guide the film and the overlong ending. Regardless of these points, The Big Lebowski is about as much entertainment as one should be able to watch in two hours.
7/10 stars.