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  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Opened May 13, 2000 | Runtime:1 hr. 46 min.
  • PG-13
    some violence and language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. Read More
  • A mysterious lawman tracks three escaped convicts (George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson) searching for buried treasure in 1930s Mississippi.
  • Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman
  • Director: Joel Coen
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music/Performing Arts

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    by PegnatiousLover

    My Favorite comedy in the world. Except for Dumb and Dumber.

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  • 100
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    It's a wild, whacked-out wonder. Coenheads rejoice.

  • 90
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    It's a new new thing, classic myth from both literature and the movies,...

  • 90
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    It is, all in all, a rambunctious and inspired ride in which the Coen brothers'...

  • 80
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    A charming, if lightweight, Coen brothers escapade flecked by plenty of visual...

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