Barton Fink
- Idealistic playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) believes writing should reveal the hopes, dreams and tragedies of the common man. When Hollywood taps him to write a movie, Fink develops severe writer's block and soon falls victim to a strange sequence of events. Unable to combine his deep-seated ethics with Tinseltown's frivolity, the disillusioned and desperate Fink winds up involved in a murder investigation in this Oscar-nominated dramedy.
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- NYT Critics' Pick
- Broadway playwright caught in 1940's Hollywood meat-grinder. Coen brothers knockout. Read the review
- Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics
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It's an exhilarating original. full review
Vincent Canby, New York TimesGnomic, claustrophobic, hallucinatory, just plain weird, it is the kind of movie critics can soak up thousands of words analyzing and cinephiles can soak up at least three espressos arguing their way through. full review
Richard Schickel, TIME MagazineAgain the Coens take familiar movie tropes and twist them into something new. This may be their most haunting movie. full review
David Ansen, NewsweekScene after scene is filled with a ferocious strength and humor. full review
Variety Staff, VarietyThis creepy satire is full of laughs and flaky twists, but by the end you may still be scratching your head. full review
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago ReaderIt's an assured piece of comic filmmaking. full review
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-TimesPartly hilarious, partly horrific, totally mesmerizing.
Peter Travers, Rolling StoneIf Fink lacks cumulative punch, its fighting power is a technical knockout. full review
Desson Thomson, Washington PostA triumph for the offbeat, grimly funny brothers, it reveals in its mythic fashion the vagaries of the creative process that plague every artist. full review
Rita Kempley, Washington Postfull review by Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weeklyfull review by Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly
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- Release Year: 1991
- MPAA Rating: R
- Runtime: 117 min
- Available From: Nov 02, 2012
- Available Until: Dec 31, 2099
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- Directed By
- Joel Coen
- Cast
- John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, David Warrilow, Richard Portnow, Christopher Murney, I.M. Hobson, Meagen Fay, Lance Davis, Harry Bugin
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