As good as any other Coen film

Rating: Null/10 (15 July 2002)

This movie has to be funnier than Fargo. Although it didn't have scenes in it like guys shoving people down wood chippers, it had plenty of dialogue that is a lot more comical than that of Fargo or Raising Arizona or O Brother Where Art Thou?! Better yet it has an awesome cast that really seems to like their characters. Jeff Bridges is the coolest as "the Dude who only wanted his rug back." John Goodman has the best lines of them all with his psycho Vietnam vet persona. I was especially surprised to see Steve Buscemi in a non-womanizer role, but his part could have been bigger.
There were some characters I didn't get though, like the Jesus person, and the Treehorn person. But scenes like the one with Maude and Knox laughing on the phone, the fight with the supposed 'nihilists' and the spreading of the ashes make up for anything that doesn't make sense. This is a must see. I give it a 9.5 out of 10