Barton Fink Reviews

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more