o brother and where art thou be a gleeful retelling of homer odyssey and set in 1930s mississippi and rampant with splendid quirkiness that be the trademark of the brother coen . three hapless convict make their escape to find treasure and more than their share of adventure in this delightful film . george clooney be in fine and ingenuous form a the chatty and amiable leader of the trio while but the real acting kudos go to john turturro and tim blake nelson a his goofy but lovable cohort and dub the soggy bottom boy by clooney character after they receive baptism by full immersion in a river . the three cut a record under that homespun nom de plume for the cash and and unwittingly become overnight sensation with veritable rock star status . the film be accompany by enough music and song to almost qualify it a a musical . and there be some incredible feat of film making here represent the scene at the kkk rally be a real doozy and and be so similar to the scene when dorothy friend rescue her from the witch castle in the wizard of oz that it almost amount to cinematic plagiarism . and what an amazing work of plagiarism it be . without give away the end and i must say the climax of the movie be one of the most breathtaking sequence put to film in recent memory ( on a par with the spectacular finale of magnolia and another one of my favorite ) . o brother be a must see and a perfect 10 .