Review – O Brother Where Art Thou?

Take The Odyssey, twist it around a bit, plunk it down in the Depression-era South, and turn it over to the Coen brothers. If you’re a fan of music appropriate to the time and place, you should find this picture pure magic from start to finish. Even if the soundtrack doesn’t do it for you, there’s plenty of solid screenwriting and good visuals to keep you entertained. The Coens appear to be borrowing tricks from John Sayles and a handful of other directors, and as a result this is probably the most polished movie they’ve made to date. Even George Clooney isn’t too bad in the lead, though it isn’t much of a stretch for him to play a guy who’s nowhere near as charming as he thinks he is. The story’s a little hard on the animals in a couple of places, but other than that this is a genuinely enjoyable production. Worth seeing