O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Name: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Released: 2000-12-22
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Nelson, Charles Durning, Michael Badalucco

PG-13
1h 47m
2000

77%

age 14+

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George Clooney and John Turturro embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious, offbeat road picture- O Brother, Where Art Thou? Fed up with crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (Clooney) busts loose- except that he's still shackled to two misfits from his chain gang: bad-tempered Pete (Turturro) and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain, the three embark on a riotous odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses and betrayal. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman), this quirky gem will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn!

Director:

Joel Coen

Producer:

Ethan Coen

Writer:

Cast:

George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Nelson, Charles Durning, Michael Badalucco, John Goodman, Holly Hunter

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

77%

Critics Consensus: Though not as good as Coen brothers' classics such as Blood Simple, the delightfully loopy O Brother, Where Art Thou? is still a lot of fun.

Reviews

Radio Times

Ronald Bergan

The movie also contrives to encapsulate every con-on-the-run picture one has ever seen, as well as...

The Coen's O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Coen odyssey reworked as a tall tale in the folk song i...

June 25, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Film4

Well up to the brothers' usual high standards.

Everyone who has the capacity for abstract thought, raise your hands . . . and take this Coen brot...

Even with its mock-pretentious parallelism to The Odyssey...O Brother, Where Art Thou? refuses to...

June 22, 2017

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Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Teens might enjoy this offbeat Odyssey adaptation.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this comedy with its outlandish characters, infectious musical score, and slapstick action sequences has multiple levels of appeal. As for issues of concern for teens -- there are lots of swear words ("son-of-a-bitch," "hell’s bells," "whore, and "Goddamnit"), many racial slurs ("nigras," "crackers," "darkies"), and a mind-bending Ku Klux Klan musical sequence. Characters (and a few animals) are frequently in jeopardy: trapped in a burning barn, beaten with a tree branch, threatened with hanging, shot at, chased, and more. The racial satire may provoke questions about the United States' history of racism that parents should be prepared to discuss.