Rating: 
Summary: Don't miss this one!
Review: This is one of the best movies to come out of Hollywood in a long time. The music is fantastic and the story is enjoyable. With a minimal amount of language and no nudity or sex, it makes this movie a choice for families to enjoy together.
Rating: 
Summary: Not As Good As Fargo
Review: I've seen Fargo by the Coen brothers about 10 times, and this is not as good. But it is worth seeing for the acting (George Clooney is greasy and good) and the wonderful down-home America music. A member of a Missouri Bluegrass Band told me this movie is a great showcase for bluegrass. And it is. But the film lags when the music fades down, although it rises to a super high at a critical moment, a big gathering, where the music of the fugitives even gets the Governor a dancing. Go see it and turn up the volume.
Rating:
Summary: The best movie of the year!
Review: Not only a great movie... but a great soundtrack, too! We rented this movie one night and thoroughly enjoyed it. We went out and bought it the next day. This one is a keeper!
Rating:
Summary: "I am in the theater watching the movie, brother"
Review: I saw this movie three times in the theater, and then my kids bought me the DVD and I watched it two more times with them at home. I also bought the CD, the first country or folk recording I have ever bought in my life, so that I could listen to the music in my car. Every Coen brothers movie is a marvel, but this one is just a gem. It's hard to say what is so special about it. The music -- American folk that has nothing in common with the electric "country" on the radio today -- is certainly unusual, and beautiful, and powerful. The acting is wonderful. The Coen brothers seem to get wonderful facial expressions out of everybody (the recording studio, Turturro boiling into anger), and I never realized George Clooney was such a wonderful actor. The story has the zigzagging, zany quality that we have come to expect from the Coen brothers, laid over the Odyssey, and a sly humor that gets funnier every time you see the movie ("we thought you was a toad!"). And believe me, you will see this movie more than once.
Rating:
Summary: Absolutely superb
Review: My family hyped this movie so much (my dad has seen it four times!) that I was afraid it would drown under my expectations, but that was not the case at all. I am usually cautious about giving anything five stars, but in this case, I wish I could give six or seven. This is a fabulous movie: original (despite the fact that it's a retelling of The Odyssey), thoroughly entertaining, hysterical, and so different from the typical movie fare. The dialogue is excellent and the actors are fantastic. I was dubious about George Clooney's ability to play such a role, but he is perfect. I can't say enough to convey how great I think this film is. What I really want to know is why it didn't win more Academy Awards? It's a travesty.
Rating:
Summary: Oscars for everyone!
Review: Depression era, my foot.....there wasn't anything even remotely depressing about this movie. I was on the edge of my seat cheering and roaring with laughter by the time the "Soggy Bottom Boys" made their triumphant return. With subtle plot and character turns throughout, this movie invites the veiwer on a tour of the old south that tantalizes the senses. Pack your heart, mind and sense of humor for the trip because you'll want to visit agian and again.
Rating:
Summary: G.E.N.I.U.S.
Review: "O Brudda" is like, sheer freekin GENIUS. MEN: watch George Clooney comb his hair and LEARN. "Dapper Dan Pomade" has to be the greatest invented product in a movie since "Red Apple Cigarettes" from "Pulp Fiction". Bad hair day? All you need is Dapper Dan and a hairnet. Boo-yaahhh! The gopher-on-a-stick was pretty funny, as well. John Turturro's stint as a toad was also GENIUS ...I liked Clooney repeating the mantra "We're in a tight spot!" when a posse finds our heroes holed up in a barn. The movie looks great. Sounds great. Is great. Clooney's the pater familias, and the Devil has a red, bifurcated tail. You will LAUGH when Don't-Call-Him-Babyface Nelson kills cows, and you will LAUGH harder when the cows get their revenge! The KKK-Dance Scene is just weird enough to merit a musical of its own: perhaps the Coens should take it to the Great White Way in NYC and use it as an opener to Mel Brooks' "The Producers"! Zoom zoom zoom! P.S. I keep using the word "GENIUS" as a service to my fellow Amazon customers, who seem to think the word is spelled "genious".
Rating:
Summary: Not Homer, but good stories
Review: This movie is said to be loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey". I guess "loosely" is a key word here; you won't find much Homeric imagery in this movie. But one thing that does seem to be adapted from Homer is the style of the story, which is not so much a single plot as a succession of adventures loosely strung together. Here the Cohen brothers did a good job of constructing a series of adventures that are worth the telling, and are up to their usual standards of presentation. I found the prominent use of bluegrass music throughout the movie a little hit-and-miss. It helped set the tone of the movie, but was somewhat distracting.
Rating:
Summary: Surprising Hit!!
Review: I rented this flick thinking that it was good, and found that I and my husband were so happy with it, that I bought the DVD. George Clooney and John Turturro were good, but Tim Blake Nelson made the movie. I think most people who like this country type movie will like it. I enjoyed the music very much. Just watch it.
Rating:
Summary: Southern Odyssey
Review: This movie is fantastic, and I mean that in every sense of the word. The music alone is worth the price of admission, and the acting is just superb.
| 
