Gosharooney, we still don't have the word "Coen-esque" in our cinema lexicon. When the brothers tackle comedy, the Capra-esque singularity of their style should conjure all manner of specific and style-centric wonders. Take yer...
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Gosharooney, we still don't have the word "Coen-esque" in our cinema lexicon. When the brothers tackle comedy, the Capra-esque singularity of their style should conjure all manner of specific and style-centric wonders. Take yer iconicness. In "The Hudsucker Proxy," we find Good and Evil literally and figuratively battling for the soul of the titular protagonist (as we found John Goodman playing The Wrath of God in "Raising Arizona.") We find Jennifer Jason Leigh in an absorbing homage to Rosalind Russell's and Katherine Hepburn's best career girls. We find Tim Robbins dissolving into his strange, naive character like melted sugar, a good thing. We find Paul Newman at his stylized best, Charles Durning as a lunatic CEO, even in the afterlife. We have dream sequences, hilarious headlines, visual and dialogue allusions to classic films, high style set dressing that never fails to intrigue, and new LOL laughs every different time one views the darn thing. This film should give the "Ed Wood" film fans of retro nostalgia alongside trenchant modern irony a new obsession. Why this isn't on everyone's Top Ten comedy classics is beyond me. An aside: Wham-o Toys proved incredibly wise in licensing the invention story to this fabricated tale. All p.r. is good p.r.

I'm a Coen buff and this movie is my favorite one so far. Firstly, the story is just great. Secondly, the overall style of the movie which is a throwback to the ol'days of cinema and something of an homage to 30s 40s flicks, which is something...
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I'm a Coen buff and this movie is my favorite one so far. Firstly, the story is just great. Secondly, the overall style of the movie which is a throwback to the ol'days of cinema and something of an homage to 30s 40s flicks, which is something that warms the cockles of any vintage movie fan. This is a retro-cinema universe that stays true to itself all the way through. Did I mention it was funny?

Another Coen brothers' movie, so you'd know what to expect going in. Well, you got it! Silly, entertaining and great performances by the entire cast. It's developed into more of a cult movie over the years, but that's only because it is hysterical!

This was an above average movie. The Coen Brothers film are truly unique, and this is a unique movie, it's unlike anything that I saw before. It was good, and if you liked the Coen Brothers movie you would like this one as well.