"The Hudsucker Proxy" is something I can only describe as.......I, honestly don't know. I'm joking. I've been having the hardest time trying to come up with what to say about this movie.

There's just something about it that keeps me from figuring out the perfect words to properly describe it. It's a dark screwball comedy with plenty of the typical things you'd expect from a Coen brother's production (Along with co writer Sam Raimi) but, I don't know what it was, I just, couldn't get enough of it.

There's this weird charm to it that lasts throughout a the entire run time that I never wanted it to end and even if I knew where most of the story beats…

Easy As ABC

"I need unguent" - Steve G Does The Coens

I'd like a tickbox when I do Letterboxd reviews marked 'This review isn't really about this film at all and is of no use to you at all if you were looking for an opinion on this film'. I would probably end up ticking that a lot.

I would definitely have been in with a great chance of ticking that box with The Hudsucker Proxy - and I think I would have been considering doing it after just a couple of minutes of Jennifer Jason Leigh's performance. I would like to know at what point she is going to be recognised as the outstanding actor that she is…

The frequent characterization of the Coen Brothers' movies as misanthropic is extremely misguided; while their characters are frequently dim or flat-out buffoonish, the brothers' attitude towards them is never condescending. Instead, they regard well-meaning screw-ups like H.I. McDunnough and Jeffrey Lebowski with wry affection. The villains in the Coens' universe are the cynics, charlatans and hypocrites, men in unearned positions of power who reside behind large, imposing desks. Their heroes are the dreamers and optimists, even (especially?) when they're not particularly bright.

This is especially clear in The Hudsucker Proxy, their Preston Sturges-esque comedy about Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins), a guy from the mail room who becomes the president of Hudsucker Industries after company chairman Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning) jumps…

A solid mid tier Coen's Brothers creation. I can even see the argument for top 5. Though I wouldn't be the one to make it or finally be convinced of it.

A friend of mine once said Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Lois Lane in this, but better. And I completely agree. Smart, funny and a conniving beauty that will do anything for a story. And she has a Pulitzer to prove it (wink,wink*). Paul Newman is a grouchy greedy professional people swindler. He's not the focal point of the story but I would have loved to see him get an opportunity to bathe in the sliminess of his character a little longer. Kinda reminded me of his Governor role in…