S.W.’s Scores
Continuity
+2
Entertainment
+6
Rewatchability
+5
CastJeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman
StreamingAmazon Prime Video, Peacock
S.W.’s Verdict
The plot is deliberately incomprehensible and that's the entire point. The Dude exists as a philosophical rebuttal to the concept of ambition. Goodman's Walter is one of the great unhinged performances in American comedy — every scene with him is a hostage situation. The continuity score is low because the Coens intentionally built a story that doesn't resolve, doesn't explain itself, and doesn't care. The entertainment and rewatchability are high because none of that matters when every scene is this funny.