Barton Fink

I don't even know where to begin to talk about Barton Fink. It's an original idea, however that works with and against it. With in the sense that the last half hour is really good compared to the very dry hour... Full review

The Coen brothers have come a long way from their start with an 8mm camera. They have written and produced some great homages to the film noir era of Hollywood, and this film is no exception. First, is the great dialog... Full review

I recently purchased "Barton Fink" along with "Miller's Crossinhg", another Coen Brothers gem.Barton Fink quite simply is a writer who cannot see the forest for the trees. He is so taken with the fact that he is a writer that... Full review

A Very Great and Very Dark Comedy of "The Life of the Mind & The Common Man." This movie is a kick in the ass to all the phony liberal arts elitists. A real satirical critique of the hollywood movie machine.... Full review

Stories based on writers don't seem to be very interesting. Most of them are boring and pointless. But this film was interesting, at first. The characters were intriguing enough to keep my attention and the story was adequate. But by the... Full review

John Turturro is annoying in this movie. Steve Buscemi would have made this better if he was in it longer. I understand what the movie is about (I think?) but it is so slow and drags on. There are alot of... Full review

What a very odd movie. The first viewing of it I had no idea what the hell was going on. But after the second time I saw through the symbols, and it lead me to a world of pain and torment,... Full review

Barton fink is one of those movies that no one, except those who worked on it, will ever truly understand the plot. That is a good thing because the plot can be so many different things depending on who you are.... Full review

What the *****... This movie definitely has some flaws. I would definitely not recommend watching this movie. I think the first line of my review says it all... Full review

I'm mystified with the negative response to this film from so many people. Yes, it moves slow, yes it's confusing, yes the plot is cryptic and takes a weird, Lynchian turn near the end, but that is what this makes this... Full review

A great movie, definitely see it. Reviewer: nnowgoo (13 years old), Date: December 24, 2007 I say: A very dark, strange, and great movie... John Tuturo did very well as the half crazy writer, Barton Fink. ... Full Review

What follows is a cleverly constructed, spectacularly shot, beautifully art directed film about the ego agonies of a pretentious artist. Said by writer Barton Fink as he battles to keep his artistic credibility in Hollywood. ... Full Review

Barton Fink " was the first film to win all major awards at the Cannes Film Festival. If ever a film deserved or needed one it is " Barton Fink . Movie buffs will obviously enjoy the movie. ... Full Review

Barton Fink is a splendid satire of Hollywood and the struggles every writer faces. Although initially disappointed by the lack of a digital track, I quickly realized that what is offered does a fine job considering Barton Fink is a quiet, dialog driven film. ... Full Review

Fink himself (John Turturro, named best actor at Cannes) is an aspiring writer lured to Hollywood for large sums of money to write a masterpiece for the common man. It seemed at first that Barton Fink might disarm their critics, particularly after winning the Palme D'Or and two other major awards at Cannes. ... Full Review

It's almost as if the Coen brothers have been daring us to come along with them with their every film. I still don't understand what Barton Fink was about, except long lazy cinematography of depressingly decrepit hotel corridors and John... ... Full Article

It's almost as if the Coen brothers have been daring us to come along with them with their every film. I still don't understand what Barton Fink was about, except long lazy cinematography of depressingly decrepit hotel corridors and John... ... Full Article

Filmmaking duo THE COEN BROTHERS are considering making a sequel to their 1991 movie BARTON FINK. John Turturro played a frustrated 1940s playwright suffering writer's block in the dark comedy, one of the brothers' first box office hits, and now,... ... Full Article

"Barton Fink" is a difficult movie to classify. It's also one of the best efforts from filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen , the guys behind bonafide classics like "The Big Lebowski," "Fargo" and "No Country for Old Men." ... Full Article

3 stars (out of four) Most of us have stayed at a Hotel Earle or two in our time, even if we haven't suffered the precise chain of events detailed in "Barton Fink." For an upcoming work trip I recently ... Full Article

As a visual, kinetic medium, cinema isn't particularly well suited to exploring the work of a writer -the silent ordeal of stringing together words and sentences and the mental exercise of trying to reach out from the page to interact... ... Full Article