O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

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	Year of first release: 2000
	Director: Joel & Ethan Coen (Fargo, The Big Lebowski)
	Actors: George Clooney (Up in the Air), John Turturro (Transformers), Tim Blake Nelson
	Country: USA, F, GB
	Genre: Comedy, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 01.06.2019, VOD, 14" computer screen.
Synopsis: In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
Review: I loved this movie when I first saw it in the theaters back in 2000 already. It was and still is one of the best movies directed by the Coen brothers, and was released after two other masterpieces: Fargo and The Big Lebowski. In particular I loved the omnipresent music, so much that soon after I bought the soundtrack, and kept listening to it year after year. It thus felt a bit weird now to see again the movie after many years, and focusing unwillingly my attention on the music, that I now found too omnipresent and not well matching the action. But as I wrote, I am biased. The movie's events are based on Ulysses' Odyssey as written by Homer almost three millennia ago. Even though I never read it (but am now tempted to), I was able to recognize key characters and events featuring in it like the Cyclops, the Devil, the Oracle, the quest, sirens... thanks to their impact on general culture. I may also have been helped by the animated free adaptation I was watching as kid on TV: Ulysses 31. I find George Clooney to be at his best in his movie, displaying a rarely seen facet of his acting talent, for the best comedic effect. Turturro and Nelson are not bad either. As the long Odyssey is condensed into less than two hours, the events feel a bit rushed and happening like a series of coincidence in fact. But omitting that, the movie is beautifully shot, very funny and as already said, carried by a soundtrack that is a character in itself.
Rating: 7 /10