The Big Lebowski (1998)

Twenty-five years ago, the writing/director duo Joel & Ethan Coen released this as the follow-up to their Oscar-winning classic from two years prior, Fargo. Whereas that film was a tense kidnapping thriller for the most part, the tone of this film was much sillier, filled with jokes related to bowling, nihilism, and White Russians. As a result, the reception from most critics AND American audiences at the time was decidedly mixed....the film was generally viewed as a disappoin...