From Blood Simple to Barton Fink to Fargo and The Big Lebowski, Joel and Ethan Coen have been masters of eccentric storytelling and their latest -- O Brother, Where Art Thou? -- is no exception.
Based on Homer's Odyssey, no less, it follows the bizarrely ragtag adventures of three escaped convicts who fled a Depression-era Mississippi chain gang. The end of their particular rainbow is presumed to be a fortune hidden by Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) on land scheduled to be flooded for a hydroelectric project, although in truth the real prize turns out to be priceless.
…
