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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIt's a wild, whacked-out wonder. Coenheads rejoice.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranEnlivening things to an unprecedented extent, the songs turn O Brother into perhaps the warmest production in the Coens' repertoire.
- 80Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonAll 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.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovA 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.
- 63USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkOf all unlikely possibilities, the team has finally made a movie that, for them, is on the tepid side.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe art direction is impeccable, but this is a pop-up book that I was impatient to slam.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittFor all its ambitions, though, the Coens' odyssey is a scattershot affair with too many tricks and twists for its own good.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezRemains naggingly hollow, a cerebral exercise in whimsy that isn't nearly clever or funny enough to seem like more than grand self-indulgence.
- 20Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAfter making their two best features to date, "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski," the Coen brothers have surely come up with their worst.
- 0Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhy would filmmakers with this much talent work this hard to thumb their noses at everything they put on screen?