Highly considered but not as great

Rating: 5/10 (6 February 2018)

The Big Lebowski has become a cult classic type film as the years have went, and has been praised from fans and critics over the years. Described and given a breakthrough performance from leads Jeff Bridges and John Goodman, as well as sharp directing from the Coen brothers. The film is a comedy in nature but a lot of it isn't as funny as described. There are some decent moments and some comedy comes from the chemistry of the characters but overall, not many laughs.
As the dialogue is filled with a heavy amount of constant F-bombs, it becomes cluttered, also with much of The Dude's dialogue's consisting of "dude" or "man". We do get used to it but it becomes annoying. The storyline is there but as watching the film, there felt as if something was quite missing as it was not as great as originally thought upon. Perhaps this is one of those films where it gets better on multiple viewings and for certain acquired tastes.