O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 149
Fresh: 115 | Rotten: 34
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.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 12
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.
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The writing, directing, and producing team of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen created this picaresque comedy (inspired in part by Homer's The Odyssey) set in the Deep South during the Depression. Suave and fancy-talking Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney), dim-witted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson), and easily-excitable Pete (John Turturro) are serving time together on a prison chain gang. Everett knows where $1.2 million is hidden that's theirs for the taking, and the three manage to escape; however, a
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Cast
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George Clooney
Everett Ulysses McGill,... -
John Turturro
Pete -
Tim Blake Nelson
Delmar -
Charles Durning
Pappy O'Daniel -
John Goodman
Big Dan Teague -
Michael Badalucco
George Nelson -
Holly Hunter
Penny -
Stephen Root
Radio Station Man -
Chris Thomas King
Tommy Johnson -
Wayne Duvall
Homer Stokes -
Daniel von Bargen
Sheriff Cooley -
J.R. Horne
Pappy's Staff -
Brian Reddy
Pappy's Staff -
Frank Collison
Wash Hogwallop -
Ray McKinnon
Vernon T. Waldrip -
Del Pentecost
Junior O'Daniel -
Musetta Vander
Siren -
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All Critics (150) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (121) | Rotten (34) | DVD (35)
After making what are still probably their two best features, the Coen brothers came up with their worst, a piece of pop nihilism.
Top CriticGreat dialogue, superb 'Scope camerawork from Roger Deakins, and a genuinely wondrous deus ex machina are among the delights.
The Coens' usual arch deliberateness isn't quite as deliberate, and there's an appealing shagginess to some of the episodes and performances.
The film is a mélange of so many clashing ideas, as well as a reference-tribute to so many moments in movie history.
It's a wild, whacked-out wonder.
Leaves a sour taste.
Well up to the brothers' usual high standards.
Everyone who has the capacity for abstract thought, raise your hands . . . and take this Coen brothers' journey.
This "Lawrence of Arabia of Hayseed Movies" is only marginally noteworthy in the Coens' canon, but the stunning 1080p transfer makes a case for repeat viewings on its aesthetic heft alone.
Even with its mock-pretentious parallelism to The Odyssey...O Brother, Where Art Thou? refuses to take itself seriously, which is both its principal failing and its charm. [Blu-ray]
Teens might enjoy this offbeat Odyssey adaptation.
May not be the funniest or wackiest movie from Joel and Ethan Coen, but it is easily their most ambitious work to date.
This lightly engaging trifle could have been more fun with a greater helping of the Coens' antic spirit.
It has a remarkable (if playfully skewed) fidelity to the epic poem of mythical struggle, even if the filmmaking brother act never actually read Homer's work...
In its best moments (of which there are a few), O Brother, Where Art Thou? has a twang to it.
The Coens are like party acquaintances who keep changing the subject and then staring at you quizzically when you can't follow the thread, or when you stop wanting to follow it, but who then block all your exit routes from their obnoxious conversation.
The ferociously one-dimensional characters here make this muddy ramble more of a guilty pleasure than a success.
It's not up there with Lebowski, but its still a darn good tale.
The Coen's tale of three escaped convicts has more to do with Homer the Simpson than Homer the poet.
its tongue-in-cheek humor effortlessly gives way to poignant drama and period musical pieces throughout.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is amazing.
Watching Clooney, Turturro, and Nelson ham it up singing 'Man of Constant Sorrow' is one of this year's greatest big-screen delights.
Audience Reviews for O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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- Everett Ulysses McGill: Damn! We're in a tight spot!
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- Wash Hogwallop: I slaughtered this horse last Tuesday. I'm afraid she's startin' to turn.
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- Pete: Do not seek the treasure.
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- Delmar: I'm with you fellas.
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- Pete: I seen it first!
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- George Nelson: What are you looking at Grandpa?
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Foreign Titles
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Eine Mississippi-Odyssee (DE)
- O'Brother (FR)
