I was going to start this review with "only the 2nd worst The Big Lebowski sequel on Letterboxd" but at least the Funny or Die parody trailer is short.
Honestly, wasn't expecting this to be so shockingly bad? I had heard from some people it wasn't good, but was cautiously curious. Using Jesus as a spinoff character felt odd since in The Big Lebowski he's basically just a joke character who nobody takes seriously and in the film could be cut. But it also meant that there's a lot of room to work with, sooooo maybe?
But no. This movie is disjointed, moving from disconnected (be it by logic or themes) plot point from disconnected plot point, characterization is pretty thin, John Turturro still has the mannerisms from The Big Lebowski down but plays Jesus with oddly low energy (and a poor script means a lot of attempted comedy just Dies), the cinematography felt shockingly bad (multiple shots that I am pretty sure were inside a real car/train looked almost like a green screen due to poor framing), and probably at least 20 minues of this 85 minute movie are languid sex scenes. It's the kind if film where I was checking the time repeatedly to see how close to over it was, having lost all interest. The only good part of the movie is the end, which does tie one plot point together, but even then it messes up by going on for too long and should have just ended with a fade away after the tire stops rolling. Honestly one of the worst films I've seen in a while.
Honestly, wasn't expecting this to be so shockingly bad? I had heard from some people it wasn't good, but was cautiously curious. Using Jesus as a spinoff character felt odd since in The Big Lebowski he's basically just a joke character who nobody takes seriously and in the film could be cut. But it also meant that there's a lot of room to work with, sooooo maybe?
But no. This movie is disjointed, moving from disconnected (be it by logic or themes) plot point from disconnected plot point, characterization is pretty thin, John Turturro still has the mannerisms from The Big Lebowski down but plays Jesus with oddly low energy (and a poor script means a lot of attempted comedy just Dies), the cinematography felt shockingly bad (multiple shots that I am pretty sure were inside a real car/train looked almost like a green screen due to poor framing), and probably at least 20 minues of this 85 minute movie are languid sex scenes. It's the kind if film where I was checking the time repeatedly to see how close to over it was, having lost all interest. The only good part of the movie is the end, which does tie one plot point together, but even then it messes up by going on for too long and should have just ended with a fade away after the tire stops rolling. Honestly one of the worst films I've seen in a while.