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Barton Fink (1991) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Barton Fink (1991) a score of 3.1306 out of 4

based on (64) reviews

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Excellent

(17)

Very Good

(43)

Good

(3)

Fair

(1)

Poor

(0)

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Washington Post (Rita Kempley)

What "Raising Arizona" was to baby lust, "Barton Fink" is to writer's block -- a rapturously funny, strangely bittersweet, moderately horrifying and, yes, truly apt description of the condition and its symptoms....read the complete Barton Fink (1991) review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)

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filmcritic.com

That "Barton Fink feeling" is all over the Coen brothers movie, a modern classic that both celebrates and damns the Golden Age of Hollywood. One of the Coens' most play-like movies, John Turturro stars in a career-making role as an angst-ridden supporter...read the complete Barton Fink (1991) review at filmcritic.com

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Washington Post (Desson Thomson)

Like the mysterious, bound package Goodman gives Turturro (the contents are never revealed), the Coens isolate a small area of interest, bind it with psycho-atmospheric finesse, then wait for something significant to emerge. Even after a second viewing...read the complete Barton Fink (1991) review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)

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The New Yorker (Terrence Rafferty)

It feels thin. It's an empty tour de force, and what's dismaying about the picture is that the filmmakers... seem inordinately pleased with its hermetic meaninglessness....read the complete Barton Fink (1991) review at The New Yorker (Terrence Rafferty)