Fresh
It's at its best when young Barton Fink simply stares at a picture of a bathing beauty contemplating the ocean -- a Hollywood dream.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Barton Fink
There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside.
1991 · 1h 57m · R
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Joel Coen
,
Ethan Coen
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Barton Fink
Overview
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Director and cast
- Joel Coen Director
- Ethan Coen Director
- John Turturro as Barton Fink
- John Goodman as Charlie Meadows
- Judy Davis as Audrey Taylor
- Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick
- John Mahoney as W.P. Mayhew
- Tony Shalhoub as Ben Geisler
- Jon Polito as Lou Breeze
- Steve Buscemi as Chet
- David Warrilow as Garland Stanford
- Richard Portnow as Detective Mastrionotti
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Gnomic, 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.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Again the Coens take familiar movie tropes and twist them into something new. This may be their most haunting movie.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Fresh
Scene after scene is filled with a ferocious strength and humor.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
This creepy satire is full of laughs and flaky twists, but by the end you may still be scratching your head.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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