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Dec 29, 2000 · "O Brother" follows its three heroes on an odyssey during which they intersect with a political campaign, become radio stars by accident, stumble upon a Klan meeting and deal with McGill's wife, Penny (Holly Hunter), who is about to pack up with their seven daughters and marry a man who won't always be getting himself thrown into jail.
Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang with simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and ...
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The Coen's O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Coen odyssey reworked as a tall tale in the folk song idiom of superstition, magic realism and religious mysticism and delivered with a mix of...
Teens might enjoy this offbeat Odyssey adaptation. Read Common Sense Media's O Brother, Where Art Thou? review, age rating, and parents guide.
O Brother, Where Art Thou is easily the best Coen film to date as well as Clooney's best effort. Clooney is good enough to warrant a best actor nomination as is Tim Blake Nelson's portrayal of the dimwitted friend Delmar, while the film itself is deserving of a Best film nod.
Dec 22, 2019 · Trust the Coen brothers to mine comedic inspiration from Homer, but that they do in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a wildly ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying goof on The Odyssey.
Dec 22, 2000 · A trio of escaped prisoners (Clooney, Nelson, Turturro) embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as they set out to pursue their freedom and the promise of sharing in the division of a fortune in buried treasure. (Touchstone Pictures)
The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 78% of reviews critics are positive based on 158 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Though not as good as Coen brothers' classics such as Blood Simple, the delightfully loopy O Brother, Where Art Thou? is still a lot of fun."
Feb 2, 2001 · O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen. With George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman. In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
The New York Times. It is, all in all, a rambunctious and inspired ride in which the Coen brothers' voracious fascination with the arcana of American popular culture and their whiz-kid inventiveness reach new heights of whimsy. Read More. By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW.
