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Film · 2000 · Crime comedy
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Directed by Coen Brothers
2000
★ 6.8 editorial score
Homer's Odyssey rerouted through Depression-era Mississippi: the soundtrack of gospel and bluegrass sold eight million copies and sent a mass audience back to music first recorded in the 1920s.
“O Brother, Where Art Thou? transports Homer's Odyssey to 1937 Mississippi with an ear-candy score of bluegrass, gospel and country and a live-wire star turn from George Clooney as a vain escaped convict who wears a hairnet. It's no surprise that the Coen brothers — director Joel and producer Ethan co-wrote the script — devised this clever tease.”
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