In The Big Lebowski, the Coen brothers take the suspense of the mistaken-identity plot, throw in a big dose of film-noir intrigue, and mix it with kilos of stoner comedy goodness. All this on the same week as the league semifinals against the flamboyantly loud Jesus (John Turturro). Calling himself 'The Dude,' an unemployed Los Angeles hippie slacker with a passion for bowling, Bridges is laugh-out-loud hilarious as the poor schmuck who finds himself tangled in a sordid, twisted, and utterly bizarre Raymond Chandler plot full of pornography, Nihilists, cut-off pinky-toes, and white Russians. Jeff Bridges plays the offended victim looking for some kind of reparation after two goons confuse him for someone else. Oh what a tangled web you weave when all you want is compensation for someone urinating on the rug that really brought the room together.
