Review of Barton Fink (1991) by Justin H — 23 Dec 2012

Are you in pictures?

Don't be silly.

This review of Barton Fink (1991) was written by Justin H on 23 Dec 2012.

Barton Fink has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Chris C (2,693) on 05 Feb 2016

While this movie is fun to dissect, I can't say that it made me feel any great emotion after viewing. It's just a very well put together picture…

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By Moviemastereddy (139) on 02 Apr 2016

What Raising Arizona was to baby lust, Barton Fink is to writer's block -- a rapturously funny, strangely bittersweet, moderately horrifying…

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By Andrey B (847) on 17 Dec 2016

Holy shit. How have I never seen this before? This was perfect. Not sure if it makes my top Coen Brothers films…

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By Ryan K (1,614) on 04 Dec 2015

Good one, great story about writers block, john goodman is absolutely brilliant in this tho…

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By Superbadmike (66) on 18 Jun 2022

The Coen Brothers did it again with Barton Fink and it's great how they did it…

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By Caroline P (188) on 25 Jan 2016

What a strange film. It's definitely one I'll enjoy picking apart over repeated viewings…

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There are no other words to else describe the performances but to agree that they're genuinely terrific while following the Coen Brothers…

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By Salman F (100) on 18 Dec 2018

Barton Fink is an amazingly satisfying film. The Coen brothers trademark is thick…

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By Jude P (456) on 04 Dec 2015

No words to describe the total outcome but suffice to say, a total movie in full form. Beautiful... simple as that…

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