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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Review
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000): information
| Movie | O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Real Name | N/a |
| Rating | 7.3 |
| Duration | 107 Min |
| Aired | 2000-08-30 |
| Types | MOVIE |
| Languages | Hindi & English |
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Sources
Countries
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Genres
AdventureComedyCrimeHollywood Movies Hindi DubbedHindi Dubbed MoviesDual AudioBritish MoviesEnglish MoviesHollywood Movies
Tags
Music recordCountry musicBased on novel or bookProphecySouthern usaMississippi riverSeductionFraudPhilosophicalReflectiveDramaticHilariousAmusedComplicatedEnchantExcitedMelodramatic
Directors
Joel Coen
Stars
George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Chris Thomas King
Writers
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Homer
Companies
Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions
Taglines
They have a plan, but not a clue.
Description
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.
Review
Author: Wuchak
_**Amusing rural Mississippi odyssey in the 30s**_
During the Depression, three guys escape a chain gang in Mississippi (George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro) to experience many misadventures with a blind prophet, a gifted musician (Chris Thomas King), a radio station, baby-face Nelson (Michael Badalucco), baptism in a river, “sirens,” a one-eyed Bible salesmen (John Goodman), an ex-wife (Holly Hunter), the KKK, corrupt politicians and an area with hidden treasure about to be flooded.
A Coen brothers film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) is a farcical odyssey taking place in the Deep South of the 1930s. The cast is entertaining, which also includes the likes of Daniel von Bargen. It’s quirky and amusing augmented by its setting and locations, not to mention one of my wife’s favorite movies (possibly because Clooney was in his prime). In ways, it’s like “Deliverance” (1972) if it were a comedy, just mixed with “Cool Hand Luke” (1967) and a dash of Homer’s Odyssey.
I like it, but don’t love it; it’s fun, no doubt, but also kinda forgettable. Yet the song “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” is well done and catchy.
The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes, and was shot mostly in Mississippi, plus some stuff done at Universal Studios.
GRADE: B-