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"Though they are habitually described as snotty formalists with nothing on their minds but cinematic gamesmanship, the Coens'' body of work is one of the most sneakily moralistic in recent American cinema," writes Matt Zoller Seitz at the House Next Door. "The Coens aren''t nihilists. There may or may not be a God in their imagination. but the lack of theological clarity doesn''t necessarily mean that the Coens endorse their characters'' decision to be indecent or cruel. Quite the contrary, the Coens'' movies strongly endorse the notion that one should honor certain bedrock principles for their inherent rightness (or, barring that, for the benefits such a life might confer). Decency is the Coens'' version of piety."
"There is a reason why the Coen Brothers'' The Big Lebowski is one of the great cult films of all time," writes DK Holm for the Vancouver Voice. "It''s because it is one of the great films of all time. Now comes I''m a Lebowski, You''re a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You, written by four guys just as obsessed and ticked by the film as I am and everyone I know."
Updated through 11/19.
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