The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski

Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.

1998117 min7.8 / 10

A shaggy, absurdist neo-noir comedy that treats a kidnapping plot as an excuse for philosophical rambling, bowling, and the collision of eccentric characters in 1990s Los Angeles.

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

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