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O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

English

UK, France, USA

Rating:7.8
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Profile of O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The mood of O Brother, Where Art Thou? is clever, offbeat, and stylized. The plot centers around a prison breakout, fugitives, and an obsessive quest. It is a comedy, crime, and adventure movie. Stylistically, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is surreal and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. The setting is the USA. O Brother, Where Art Thou? happens in the 1930s. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a date night. Note that O Brother, Where Art Thou? includes mild violent content.

Summary of O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Joel and Ethan Coen transport Homer's ODYSSEY to the depression-era South in the silly, fun comedy O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson star as three escaped fugitives on the run in Mississippi. Their adventures through the barren landscape includes run-ins with a soothsayer, a trio of Sirens, a Bible-salesman Cyclops, as well as other archetypes from Southern folklore and pop-culture including a young blues musician, the Klan, and bank robber Baby Face Nelson. Soon they are caught up in a vicious gubernatorial campaign that would make Huey Long proud.

The Coen brothers mix in a host of cinematic references in O BROTHER, including SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, COOL HAND LUKE, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, and even dashes of the Three Stooges. The soundtrack of folk ballads, yodeling traditionals, Delta blues, and prison work songs is outstanding, playing in the background (or foreground) of nearly every scene. Clooney, as the ringleader, displays an effervescent smile that is as intoxicating as the Coens' script is outrageous. The cast, including Holly Hunter, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Chris Thomas King, and Michael Badalucco, is charmingly bewildering in a way that only a Coen brothers' cast can be. Joel and Ethan have done it again, crafting this time a unique film steeped in the traditions of the South--and of Hollywood itself.

Details

Language: English
Country: UK, France, USA
Release date: 22 December 2000
Runtime: 106 min

Cast and Crew

George Clooney as Everett in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
George Clooney

as Everett

John Turturro as Pete in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
John Turturro

as Pete

Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Tim Blake Nelson

as Delmar

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?: Trailer

Critics Reviews

Philadelphia Inquirer
Devilishly delightful.
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  • by: Steven Rea
Time
Toss in enough gorgeous bluegrass music to make the movie's CD a must-have, and you have prime, picaresque entertainment.
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  • by: Richard Corliss

Users Reviews

Incredible work
This movie is just different... in a good way. I wish this kind of creative genius were easier to come by. You will enjoy it. Period. The hilarious dialogue, and the rich blues sounds make it a modern classic. This should be a new genre,...
  • 10.July.2011
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  • by: ryrhodes
  • ryrhodes rated this movie10/10Must See
My favorite comedy of all time. George Clooney blew me away, I had previously misjudged him. And who doesn't love the Coen Bros? They had me hooked after that look on Clooney's face just before he falls off the train in the first scene.
  • 17.December.2010
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  • by: tapwater
  • tapwater rated this movie10/10Must See
Likely to see
Not for me

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