Enlivening things to an unprecedented extent, the songs turn O Brother into perhaps the warmest production in the Coens' repertoire.
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Film.comRobert Horton
Film.comRobert Horton
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.
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.
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USA TodayMike Clark
USA TodayMike Clark
Of all unlikely possibilities, the team has finally made a movie that, for them, is on the tepid side.
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Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The art direction is impeccable, but this is a pop-up book that I was impatient to slam.
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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
For all its ambitions, though, the Coens' odyssey is a scattershot affair with too many tricks and twists for its own good.
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Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Remains naggingly hollow, a cerebral exercise in whimsy that isn't nearly clever or funny enough to seem like more than grand self-indulgence.
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Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
After making their two best features to date, "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski," the Coen brothers have surely come up with their worst.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Why would filmmakers with this much talent work this hard to thumb their noses at everything they put on screen?