i have walk out of a coen movie before and not quite know how to feel . the two best example of that be the big lebowski and fargo . lebowski be so ridiculously original and so filled with strange humour that i have to like it . on the other hand and there be some unnecessary revery with fly people and killer bowling ball that just do not seem to fit the mold of the film . still and i like the film and now own a copy of it . fargo make me howl with hysteric and sometimes i wasn not sure why i be laugh so hard that it make me cry and but nonetheless i be . there be many seemingly strange character in fargo and but upon further investigation and they be really just real people talk about real situation . that be why the man with the shovel ( or be it a broom ) be so side splittingly funny when he be tell the police officer about some funny look man down at the bar the other night . and that be also why the theater erupt in laughter when he then say that there be some funny look cloud come in . ( i own a copy of this film too ) the coen have a way of mask their film and their character a be somewhat eccentric and perhaps a little off the wall . but if you look close at some of those same character that seem zany and you will always find that in some strange way and they all ring true . that be what be quite exceptional about o brother where art thou . this be a film that be out there . i mean it be not even in the same ballpark a a traditional film . i review the film shaft this past summer and in it i say that shaft be an okay film that i have see a thousand time before . but you can not say that about a coen brother film and you most certainly can not say that about this one . this film have everything in it from a jail break and crook southern politician and mus and reference to what i can only assume be historical figure and riverside baptism and bank robbery and violence towards animal and sing flock of religious fanatic and kkk and lynch mob and so on . there be obviously many reference to homer odyssey in here as well and but i wouldn not know that because i have never read homer odyssey or even know one thing about it . every other newspaper reviewer seem to know all about it and they think that this cynicism and almost spoof like quality towards it make the film that much good . well come from a guy who doesn not know anything about it and i can tell you that it be still an entertaining film . there be time when again and a be usual for a coen film and i wasn not sure why i be entertain or laugh and but i be . this be a road picture where three men travel along the way to find a hidden treasure that clooney say he have hide to his two other cell mate . he have to take them along because they be also chain to him when they have their chance to escape . i like all the principal actor in the film and many of them be coen crony . it be nice to see goodman again . it be nice to see hunter and especially turturro who seem to have a place in every coen film . it too bad they do not find a place for steve buscemi but that be a different story all together . but back to clooney . the man just have charisma . he be a one hell of an actor a well and here he be not quite as zany a the others but even he have his own idiosyncrasy . his work here be quite awesome and i really hope this show that he be capable of play any range of character . now after heap all this praise on the film and let me just say this as well . i do not really enjoy the film at first . i find it to be quite tedious and a little boring . there be too many idea in here and not enough care go into harness them for all what they be worth . but then the film begin to grow on me . it take a while but it do grow on me . i do not think this be their best film and but it be still a good one and i be give it a 8 . 5. but the reason that i do recommend this film be for one reason only . every day you can go look into the paper and look at the film that be play and say to yourself and see it and see it and oh and see it last year and that be the same a this film and that be the same a that film . most film have be recycle in some form or another . not the coen film . they have not be recycle and if they have i do not know about it . that be reason enough to see something that they put out . originality count for a lot in my book . the coens be original and they be good . and that be not common in todays cinema . enjoy them while they be allow to make film . because you do not get vision like this in many film and so when you do and enjoy it .