Time is a flat circle.

Between this and The Big Short, it inspired this list Ive put together:

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore list

Easily, easily my favorite Coen brothers film, but I've still got some gaps to fill in their late '80s/early '90s filmography. I've remarked in the past about how the brothers' work is either a hit or a miss, and here they just knock it right out of the park. The key is that The Hudsucker Proxy has a lot of heart, plus it's sharp, clever, off-the-wall and has just the right touch of sentimentality. A minor detraction is Jennifer Jason Leigh channeling Rosalind Russell from His Girl Friday, a film that gave me a splitting headache. However, as she grows into herself later in the film, she becomes more tolerable.

I saw this movie at least 10 times growing up so I can’t help loving it even though its influences (How to Succeed, The Producers) are now easy to spot. The Coens understand the mythic resonance that movies have, and things that even in the best movies feel random are in their films obviously intentional. (Of course the nemesis of the clock room guy is the door engraver.) I’m not convinced this movie is as nihilistic as people make it out to be. 

All of the leads are great here. Jennifer Jason Leigh is easily one of my favorite actors ever.

Easily, easily my favorite Coen brothers film, but I've still got some gaps to fill in their late '80s/early '90s filmography. I've remarked in the past about how the brothers' work is either a hit or a miss, and here they just knock it right out of the park. The key is that The Hudsucker Proxy has a lot of heart, plus it's sharp, clever, off-the-wall and has just the right touch of sentimentality. A minor detraction is Jennifer Jason Leigh channeling Rosalind Russell from His Girl Friday, a film that gave me a splitting headache. However, as she grows into herself later in the film, she becomes more tolerable.

I love this movie so much. The Hula Hoop sequence is one of my favorite scenes in any movie ever.

so why isn't this everyone's favorite coen brothers movie again? one of the most beautiful films ever made

I had a personal finance teacher in junior high who showed us this movie for his class. Why? I honestly don't remember, but what I do remember is the shock I had to find that this was in fact a Coen brothers film. Nothing about this hints of their magic touch and there really isn't anything deep or profound or even memorable about this one at all. Don't get me wrong it's funny and full of heart, but it just kind of came and went. So overall I will I say despite its lack of... well, whatever its lacking it's still worth checking out especially if you're journeying through Joel and Ethan Coen's work.

Hey, whose idea was it to have a main character speak in a put-on, over exaggerated mid-atlantic accent for the entire duration of the film? Because that was a really bad idea.

"You know, for kids!"

A delightful Coens romp that somehow works as a 30s screwball comedy pastiche, a biting corporate satire and a vehicle for Tim Robbins to do some downright masterful physical comedy. Also, the Raimi influence is clear and noted. I could stare at the movie's model of New York for days.

he deserves to get slapped every time he gets slapped

i wanna live steve buscemi's beatnik character's life

still a fun watch, has a sorta bryan fuller feel to it