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FilipHolm

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The Coen brothers was at the time only making comedys for example The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou. As i said in the review of Big Lebowski their directing wasn´t as good as usual, in this movie it´s...
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The Coen brothers was at the time only making comedys for example The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou. As i said in the review of Big Lebowski their directing wasn´t as good as usual, in this movie it´s improved. There are some realy nice looking shots. The script is well written and all the actors makes good performances. I enjoyed this movie more than Big Lebowski. It´s a funny drama that anyone should check out.

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Posted apr 4, 2008 6:58 pm pt

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sort of like a sequel to raising arizona

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Posted jan 28, 2008 1:18 pm pt

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This is a great movie with tunes that will stick in you're head, like when they sing " man of constant sorrow" into a tin can. Great cast and great acting and a fun movie.

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Posted jan 7, 2008 12:46 am pt

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Plot : Three escaped convicts go on a crazy adventure for a huge treasure. Story : Everett (George Clooney) , Pete (John Turturro) , and Pete (Tim Nelson) escape from their rock smashing days and journy onward toward a magnificent treasure. They...
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Plot : Three escaped convicts go on a crazy adventure for a huge treasure. Story : Everett (George Clooney) , Pete (John Turturro) , and Pete (Tim Nelson) escape from their rock smashing days and journy onward toward a magnificent treasure. They encounter many odd situations and twists untill they end up in a bigger scale of importance than they ever thought they would. On their journey they encounter a hitchhiker/guitar player who says he sold his soul to the devil to learn to play his instrument , the same devil who then hunts down the main characters the rest of the movie (though very breif his scenes are). Some themes of trust and religion are thrown in there to enhance the characters further - keeping it a pretty great story to keep you watching to the end. Humor : The movie's entire plot and themes are very funny in a subtle way with some laugh out loud parts throught the movie - it never gets dark for a long period of time : and you'll probably never fear for the characters : with such a funny essence about them. Ending : One of the biggest - out of nowhere - endings . Two other main characters aren't even shown in the ending , but it's a lot more in place than others : because of it's continuing theme of the characters not ever progressing "and when they do it's by extreme luck". Visuals : Out of the Coen films i've seen so far , this is easily their visual best. Amazing cinemetography for the majority of the movie , although it's colors dominated by pretty boring dusty settings : will continually visually awe you. Sypnosis : Although it's story is a lot more straightforward than the majority of the Coen films , it still missing some big developments like many great stories : though the visuals and humorous style of it won't let you down on. (I've never read The Odyssey by the way)

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Posted nov 22, 2007 9:18 pm pt

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This film, based on The Odyssey by Homer, was quite fun to watch. Although set in the Deep South, it translated the themes very well. There were Sirens, the Cyclops, the Oracle, and the long journey home. They were just done in a very unique...
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This film, based on The Odyssey by Homer, was quite fun to watch. Although set in the Deep South, it translated the themes very well. There were Sirens, the Cyclops, the Oracle, and the long journey home. They were just done in a very unique way.

The music was excellent, and is a reason to pick up the soundtrack or just a copy of the movie on DVD for the video of "Man of Constant Sorrow". The movie captured the feel of that region as well as the Depression.

The acting was very good, and I have to say, George Clooney won me over, as I don't care for many of his films. John Goodman is, of course, a delight to watch.

This movie is great if you are looking for something a litle offbeat, or for an interesting take on one of the great Greek epics.

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Posted sep 22, 2007 10:07 pm pt

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A very intersting movie to watch with some funny moments and a good storyline but at time the story got a little dull.

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Posted mar 2, 2007 1:46 pm pt

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"O Brother, Where Art Thou" was really a fun movie to watch. I almost felt like interesting with the escaped convicts. I thought the casting was perfect and even the songs were fun!

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Posted mar 2, 2007 12:02 pm pt

NoOneIsAlone

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Good film with some interesting points around it. It certainly had its flaws, but overall was a good, good film. I really think that this film is worth of mentioning due to its sort of originality and the way that it is done, and I think that it...
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Good film with some interesting points around it. It certainly had its flaws, but overall was a good, good film. I really think that this film is worth of mentioning due to its sort of originality and the way that it is done, and I think that it was a great, awesome episode. Really, really good.

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Posted feb 2, 2007 11:33 am pt

• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  100
  It's a wild, whacked-out wonder. Coenheads rejoice.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  100
  A wildly original movie with astonishingly varied moods and influences.

  by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  90
  It's a new new thing, classic myth from both literature and the movies, commingled, set to great folk music, and untrammeled by any sense of predictability, urgency, realism or believability but hypnotic, graceful and seductive.

  by Stephen Hunter | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  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.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »
• [+] Dallas Observer
  
  90
  Clooney has become a movie star, and the Coens have given him his very own "It Happened One Night." The man, and the movie, are downright bona fide.

  by Robert Wilonsky | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  90
  From moment to moment, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a pleasure. But when the Coens are really cooking, when the acting and the conception and the music all come together, it's something more -- Dogpatch rapture.

  by Charles Taylor | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  88
  Devilishly delightful.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Magazine
  
  80
  This time around, though, the Coens' usual arch deliberateness isn't quite as deliberate, and there's an appealing shagginess to some of the episodes and performances.... This is the Coen brothers' most emotionally felt movie, and that's not meant as faint praise.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  80
  A charming, if lightweight, Coen brothers escapade flecked by plenty of visual and performance grace notes.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  80
  Toss in enough gorgeous bluegrass music to make the movie's CD a must-have, and you have prime, picaresque entertainment.

  by Richard Corliss | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  80
  All I can say is this particular excursion into screwball madness is often heavenly, and frankly leaves critical explication somewhat unnecessary. Go see it and laugh.

  by Robert Horton | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  As a Coen brothers fan I hate to say this, but the movie's a collection of great bits and pieces rather than a complete work.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  80
  The risk pays off for Clooney and the Coens, as O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a nicely off-kilter exploration of American gumption.

  by Sean Means | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  Enlivening things to an unprecedented extent, the songs turn O Brother into perhaps the warmest production in the Coens' repertoire.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  78
  A remarkable film. From its performances on down to director of photography Roger Deakins' sun-baked, dirty-ochre cinematography, the film is all of a piece.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »