Yeah, folks, these Coen brothers certainly know how to come up with a well-crafted black comedy.

Greek mythology meets the mythologies of 1930s America - the blues, Robert Johnson and the cross roads, the South, and many more upon it - its episodic narrative making more sense to me on this rewatch in presenting the film closer to ancient journey myths and how it's all the tangents which give them their quality. The result is a beautiful, humorous and playful view of the period, with one of the best soundtracks put together and with a well of depth to it between every great joke.

The Coen's most charming comedy. Lush production values.

Great song. Too bad about the film.

3/5

Fine

An artful, continually surprising comic Hillbilly version of Homer's Odyssey.

The story and characters of this movie are so amazingly put together, there are so many small, hilarious bits that just work perfectly. The way the period is handled is out of this world and the main trio of actors do a phenomenal job. The story as a whole isn't the most gripping, and the digital coloring is distracting at times (however, 90% of the time is works flawlessly). This is a prime example of how damn talented the Coens are.

Nice music, but too boring. The plot is aimless and just drags on and on. I still don't understand why people are so in love with the Coen brothers. I suppose they belong on my top 5 overrated directors of all time list, right next to Quentin Tarantino. These directors seem to have extremely zealous devotees, who will defend whatever bears their idol's name or brand. (a bit reminiscent of Apple fanboys!)

I am a man of constant sorrow, sums up the movie, but the adventure is great !