The script is teeming with quotable dialogue (“That rug really tied the room together.” “Careful man, there’s a beverage here!” “This aggression will not stand, man.” “Smokey, this is not ‘Nam, this is bowling.

The contrast with their last movie left critics and audiences baffled, but over the years it has developed a cult following and even spawned a religion based on the philosophy of The Dude. Only the Coen Brothers would follow up an Oscar-winning masterpiece like Fargo with an absurd comedy about a bowling stoner - an iconic performance from Jeff Bridges as The Dude - who accidentally stumbles into a Raymond Carver plot. The Big Lebowski is hands-down the best stoner comedy ever made, and one of the best comedies period. Overall, though, this is an underrated gem of the genre and contains a stand-out internal monologue in which Jane considers framing a picture of a lasagne, or perhaps Garfield, or perhaps President Garfield, to subtly display her love of the cheesy comfort-food. At times the movie feels like a feature-length adaptation of the bad Quaaludes scene from The Wolf of Wall Street, and those partaking in the bud on 4/20 should be aware that some depictions of pot-induced paranoia are a little too realistic and can get a tad stressful even when watching sober. Tripping out of her mind on the edibles, she attempts to make it through the rest of her day including an acting audition, the accidental theft of an original copy of the Communist Manifesto, cooking her cell phone in weed butter, and all manner of other scrapes and misadventures.

Anna Faris is perfectly cast in this unusual, often surprisingly original indie comedy as Jane F, a perma-stoned actress who eats her roommates cupcakes only to realize they were laced with pot.

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