The Coen brothers do it again!

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 1999)

You can't describe this movie. It's so weird, it's so inconsequential. It's so darn funny. Call it what you will: Comedy, black-comedy, film-noir, thriller, action, drama, fantasy... but what lies at the heart of this movie is a genre all of its own. The Coen brothers' genre.
Each of their films are distinctive and have that radiant flare about it. Classics such as "Fargo" and "Barton Fink", all of them unique. The Big Lebowsky does not disappoint.
Jeff Lebowsky, or 'The Dude' as he likes to be called, gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. Two hoods trash his apartment and one of them urinates on his rug. "It really tied the room together!" he whines to his bowling buddy, Walter.
So, seeking compensation for the rug, he finds the real Jeff Lebowsky: the millionaire, and demands that he is reimbersed. He's turned away, and from there the plot spirals out into an hilarious and delightfully contrived mess.
Nine out of ten.