This very well may be the best comedy I have ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2005)

In my short 25 years of life I have seen a decent amount of movies, missing out on some of the classics from before my time, however I would still say that for the right sense of humor this movie is nearly perfect.
This movie is very dialog oriented, which to some extent necessitates that you get to know the characters to really understand why some things are funny. I personally loved this movie when I first saw it but probably would have only a given it an 8. The more you watch it however, the more your knowledge of the characters from the fist viewing build very quirky and nuanced personalities that make the characters very real and yet surreal. This makes it that much better, when you hear some of the comments because you know where they came from, just as if you heard of something that a friend did and depending on who that friend was, it makes their actions that much funnier.
There are flaws in every movie, but what matters is do they bother you or not, and I don't remember any that do, and I have seen the film at least ten times. Each time just as good as the last, and this is what makes this movie so special is repeatability. You can watch it and start it over right afterwords and laugh just as hard.
John Goodman should have at least been nominated for a best supporting actor as he is excellent in this movie as Walter. Also, John Turturro is excellent as "the Jesus" in a limited role. Other actors turn in very good performances as well. I think you need the right sense of humor for this movie to work for you, but everyone that I do know that likes it, loves it and that makes it worth viewing, because if it does work for you, you will understand where the genius is located in this film and you will love it as well.
I won't mention any details about the film, because thats what the film is for and frankly if I tried to summarize it it just wouldn't do the movie justice.
See it sometime when you're bored, and hopefully you will see what I see in what I still say is the best comedy of the 90's