Year: 1998
Director: Joel Coen
Writers: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Music: Carter Burwell, plus lots of non-original music
Distinctions: currently #152 on IMDb's Top 250
Synopsis: a middle-aged stoner and his bowling buddies inadvertently get involved in a kidnapping scheme
How I saw it: on video a number of times (used to have on DVD), most recently two days ago (rented from Netflix)
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great).
Objective Rating:
Sort of the ultimate Coen Brothers movie - not their best and certainly not my favorite (not that I don't think it's hilarious), but probably the most Coen-y.
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