I hate the f***ing Eagles too ...

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2000)

... but I dig Credence, just like the Dude. Actually, I've known two Dudes, and a Walter and a Donnie. Could have been the Dude myself if I didn't have a family. Every character's quirk in this movie rang true to somewhere in my past, except the chicano sex pervert Jesus with his purple jumpsuit, bowling ball in hand, strutting on the lanes, never seen that before. I've seen this movie more than ten times and loved it each time, not so much for the story as the way the Dude moves smoothly through it, while Walter always makes things more difficult for him thru harsh rashness. It's odd that two guys so different, such contrasts in style and substance, would be friends, connected only by bowling. Add some outlandish contrivances and you got max eccentricity. Great music, dream sequences, acting (I think Jeff really is a dude, that he wasn't really acting.) Top Ten movie for me because I love the humor