A masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 1999)

Some critics didn't like this movie, accusing it of "being inconsistent", of "having no plot" and of "talking about nothing". I think they are the sort of people that praised pathetic, boring movies like The Thin Red Line or Spielberg's latest epic. Lebowski is the best Coen movie ever. In a plot that is essentially a bizarre version of The Big Sleep, the Coens throw in some amazing characters like the L.A. slacker "Dude", the half-crazy Vietnam veteran, the Dude's pathetic landlord, Jesus, the "Nihilists" and the result is absolutely brilliant. The heroes (or should I say idiots) of the movie have the unique ability to screw up everything they are trying to do, from a simple investigation to the shaking of Donny's ashes in the end. The surreal dream sequences demonstrate the Coen brothers' virtuosity. I laughed from the beginning to the end of the movie. Lebowski is one of the funniest and most original movies of the decade. Ten out of ten.