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| Sep 02, 2009Film School Rejects
The music alone is a reason to love this movie.....I love that movie....Weeping Jesus on the cross, I love this movie.....Harder than anything else in a truly brilliant film.....The acting, the cinematography, the daring -.... ... Full Review
| Oct 05, 2008Urban Cinefile
Cinematically, O'Brother looks a treat, with its muted autumn colours and glorious countryside, while the bluegrass and hillbilly music just keeps 'em toes tapping, and the Coen Bros sock it to us full pelt with mass-bizarre.
And together with John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson (both are marvellous), it's quite an extraordinary three-some.
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| Feb 07, 2007Matchflick
It's a fun flick and I definitely recommend it to comedy fans!.... ... Full Review
| May 03, 2005Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY
Their style is still intact; the film looks great.
It's clear that the Coens are great filmmakers, but their "O Brother" is just not...
The film is as rambling as the untouched Southern vistas which so beautifully populate it.
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| May 03, 2005Rotten Tomatoes
Their style is still intact; the film looks great.
It's clear that the Coens are great filmmakers, but their "O Brother" is just not...
The film is as rambling as the untouched Southern vistas which so beautifully populate it.
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| Jan 20, 2002DVD Town
O / Othello [Special Edition]
The basketball coach (Martin Sheen) declares that he loves O as if O were his own son.
In "O," Odin seems to be entirely in the hands of the brilliantly crafty and emotionally complex Hugo.
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| Dec 19, 2001CultureCartel.com
Chris Sweet's Best In Music 2001
Unfortunately, the story is impossible to understand.
Not content to kick my ass with the disc opener, Gillian follows it with "My First Lover," the best song I've ever heard about losing one's virginity.
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| Aug 07, 2001CultureCartel.com
In Conclusion, Ladies and Gentlemen I suspect many, many people will hate O Brother .
Dont ask me why this is so hysterically funny, friends, but Coen Brothers Movie and bona fide certainly deserve to be said in the same breath.
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| Feb 02, 2001The Trades
Action packed, brilliantly written, and intelligently funny, "O Brother" is a gem.
The Coen brothers are known for complex plots, and they do not disappoint here.
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| Jan 17, 2001Deseret News
The emphasis here is on screwball comedy, and while some sections of the film could be construed as being cruel to animals or racially insensitive, you've got to remember the film's time period.
Besides, the movie more than makes up for that with a series of hysterically funny gags and one-liners, as well as a great score of songs by some modern bluegrass artists.
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