I have chosen to review Big Lebowski as I feel it is the polar opposite of the Coen Bros spectrum in filmmaking. Whilst No Country presents a much darker, sinister side of their work, Lebowski has a lighter, more psychedelic feel. The plot concerns slacker Jeffrey Lebowski, played to perfection by Jeff Bridges amidst a host of Coen Bros. usuals, such as John Goodman, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, etc. The film chronicals the kidnapping of another Jeffrey Lebowski's wife and the slacker Lebowski attempting to retrieve ransom money and the wife. Whilst the plot spews into many different tangents, the focus here is obviously on character and mood. It is essential a crime comedy of the highest accolade and is sprinkled with the Coens signature style. All the stars create character unique to the film and this is what serves the film's edge and flair. Unconcerned with following a mesh created by other proteges to the genre, they constantly leapfrog between genres and styles, with Crime, nostalgia, noir, dream sequences and comedy all seemlessly branching off one another. I think the ten year gap between this and No Country measures a huge difference in their style and growth as a directing team