Hey man...stuck in the 70's!

Rating: 8/10 (29 May 2005)

Joel and Ethan Coen can be proud of their BIG LEBOWSKI. Be ready to laugh your butt off. Jeff Lebowski(Jeff Bridges)is a pot bellied, pot-smoking laid back slacker that insists on being called "The Dude". His two best friends are Walter(John Goodman), who sees the world against him for surviving the Viet Nam War; and Donny(Steve Buscemi), who manages to butt-in on conversations only to be ignored. Dude's world consists of bowling and getting stoned. Somehow Dude is mistaken for a wheel-chaired millionaire (David Huddleston)and is caught up in a kidnapping scam for the ransom. Dude seems more upset with getting restitution for his urine ruined rug. Dude of course needs the aid of his two foul-mouthed bowling friends. Also fitting into this amusing plot are: Julianne Moore as Maude the erotic artist; John Turturro as a hair-netted Latino bowler named Jesus and Tara Reid as sexpot Bunny Lebowski. Rounding out this diverse cast of characters are Philip Seymour Huffman, Ben Gazzara, Flea and Sam Elliott, who also narrates. The dialog seems glued together with the "F" word...which of course is a noun, verb and adjective. It seems one toke over the line is not enough. Cheers for the Coen brothers.