shut the f*** up, Donny!

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2002)

I saw this movie on terrestrial TV about a year ago after hearing so much about it. After watching it, not a day goes by without me laughing about a particular scene in it. It is one of the Coen's finest movies, and definitely their most underrated. Three actors make this movie a classic: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and John Turturro. Bridges is a terrific actor who is extremely underrated (much like the film) and there is no actor who is more perfectly cast for the role of 'The Dude' than Bridges, who brings immeasurable panache to the role of, basically, a drifting stoner. Goodman, a Coen regular, is given his meatiest film role yet and he grabs it with both hands. Admittedly, he is given some terrific lines but Goodman fills Walter Sobchak with humanity as well as humour. Turturro is given the slimmest of cameos but his queer Latino bowler, Jesus Quintana, is without doubt the best cameo EVER in a movie. No question. Also, how can you not love a movie that casts both Sam Elliott and Philip Seymour Hoffman?