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7.3/10 • 4.3K

2000-08-301h 47m

AdventureComedyCrime

They have a plan, but not a clue.

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors
Joel Coen
Editors
Tricia Cooke

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  1. George Clooney

    George Clooney

    Everett

  2. John Turturro

    John Turturro

    Pete Hogwallop

  3. Tim Blake Nelson

    Tim Blake Nelson

    Delmar O'Donnell

  4. John Goodman

    John Goodman

    Big Dan Teague

  5. Holly Hunter

    Holly Hunter

    Penny

  6. Chris Thomas King

    Chris Thomas King

    Tommy Johnson

  7. Charles Durning

    Charles Durning

    Pappy O'Daniel

  8. Del Pentecost

    Del Pentecost

    Junior O'Daniel

  9. Michael Badalucco

    Michael Badalucco

    George Nelson

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Wuchak

Jul 22, 2021

6/10

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-

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$26,000,000.00
Revenue
$71,900,000.00
Keywords
music recordcountry musicbased on novel or bookprophecysouthern usamississippi riverseductionfraudphilosophicalreflectivedramatichilariousamusedcomplicatedenchantexcitedmelodramatic