Sentences with phrase «performance as the dude»

That's mainly thanks to Jeff Bridges» pitch - perfect performance as The Dude, a bowling - obsessed stoner who inadvertently becomes embroiled in a kidnapping plot when he's mistaken for a philanthropic millionaire.

John Goodman also turns in a great performance as The Dude's grizzled best friend, but it's Jeff Bridges who ultimately makes the film what is.

Not exact matches

While the dude's performance is sweet, the story and pacing is not as sweet.

But The Big Lebowski isn't about plot, it's about the individual pieces of the film, The Dude's bathrobe, John Turturro's wonderful performance as Jesus Quintana, and the way the White Russians gleam on screen.

Keanu is by no stretch a great movie, but its two leads — Key and Peele — give hilarious performances as nerdy dudes pretending to be murderous gangstas.

Well, that and the standard - issue (for Baumbach), across - the board great performances, from Kidman at its center, but also a tremendous Jennifer Jason Leigh as Margot's freer - spirited sister Pauline, Jack Black as Pauline's cool - dude but shiftless fiancé, and John Turturro as Margot's embattled husband, along with terrifically lived - in performances from its juvenile leads.

Anchored by Charlize Theron's emotionally raw performance as the fearless Imperator Furiosa, the movie flips the grim «one sad bro - dude wanders the scorched landscape» script of most apocalyptic narratives, instead presenting a vision of a fallen world where equality is still achievable through collaboration, trust, and heaps of scrap metal.

But many other performances are shrill and agitating, such as William Tracy as Jeeter's son «Dude» and Marjorie Rambeau as the caterwauling Sister Bessie Rice.

Crazy Heart Where: Embarcadero Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Ctr., 415-352-0835 When: All Week Why: Best known as The Dude to Lebowski lovers worldwide, Jeff Bridges delivers one of his most memorable performances as Bad Blake, the hard - living country singer stumbling toward a shot at redemption in writer - director Scott Cooper's promising feature debut.

This is as opposed to a dude walking in with a few words scrawled across a notebook ready to go for his performance!