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Dec 29, 2000 · The opening titles inform us that the Coen Brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is based on Homer's The Odyssey . The Coens claimed their "Fargo" was based on a true story, but later confided it wasn't; this time they confess they haven't actually read The Odyssey . Still, they've absorbed the spirit. Like its inspiration, this movie is one darn thing after another.
Our review: Parents say ( 10 ): Kids say ( 23 ): This is a lighter story than many of the Coens' previous movies, which makes it easy to forgive the parts that don't work very well. And it gives us the pleasure of hearing the year's finest soundtrack, sheer bluegrass joy. Like the Odyssey, the Ulysses of O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU is trying to ...
- Touchstone Pictures
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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. ... Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03 ...
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- Joel Coen
- PG-13
- George Clooney
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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.
- (331K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- 2001-02-02
The Good News is something of a siren this movie can't resist. Full Review ... The Coen's O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Coen odyssey reworked as a tall tale in the folk song idiom of ...
George Clooney is magnificent as the grease haired Everett Ulysses McGill, a honest con on the run whose pompous linguistics and vocabulary are comical and endearing. 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 ...
Box office. $71.9 million [7] O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 satirical comedy-drama film written, produced, co-edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles.
