Synopsis
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'.
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Cast
- George ClooneyEverett
- John TurturroPete Hogwallop
- Tim Blake NelsonDelmar O'Donnell
- John GoodmanBig Dan Teague
- Holly HunterPenny
- Chris Thomas KingTommy Johnson
- Charles DurningPappy O'Daniel
- Del PentecostJunior O'Daniel
- Michael BadaluccoGeorge Nelson
- J.R. HornePappy's Staff
Recommendations
- 100
Rolling Stone
It's a wild, whacked-out wonder. Coenheads rejoice. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Enlivening things to an unprecedented extent, the songs turn O Brother into perhaps the warmest production in the Coens' repertoire. - 80
Film.com
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. - 78
Austin Chronicle
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. - 63
USA Today
Of all unlikely possibilities, the team has finally made a movie that, for them, is on the tepid side. - 60
Village Voice
The art direction is impeccable, but this is a pop-up book that I was impatient to slam. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
For all its ambitions, though, the Coens' odyssey is a scattershot affair with too many tricks and twists for its own good. - 50
Miami Herald
Remains naggingly hollow, a cerebral exercise in whimsy that isn't nearly clever or funny enough to seem like more than grand self-indulgence.
