This may be the only film that is blatantly anti-Christian that I still give a high rating, simply because it was so entertaining. Hopefully, some of the religious digs were tongue-in-cheek and not meant in a mean-spirited way, but I'm not sure, especially considering who made it.
I DO know this was fun to watch and hear, except for the excessive usage of the Lord's name in vain with George Clooney as the main culprit. The music in here is super, led by the catchy "Man Of Constant Sorrow," performed by Gary Tyminski. I also loved "Soggy Mountain Boys" humorously sang and presented by the three main characters: Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson. Those three guys were hilarious, particularly Nelson with his rubber-faced looks. Audibly, the entire soundtrack is outstanding, under the direction of T-Bone Burnett. I wound up buying the CD as millions of other people did. Fantastic music.
The way this was filmed makes it visually fascinating, with scenery enhanced by computer graphics and all-time great Roger Deakins in charge of the photography. All the people in this movie are wacky, as are the people who made it: the unfortunately clever-but-biased Coen brothers. The parade of wild characters, wild scenes one after the other and the three likable leads (yeah, even the profane Clooney) make this an extremely fast-moving 103-minute movie.
I DO know this was fun to watch and hear, except for the excessive usage of the Lord's name in vain with George Clooney as the main culprit. The music in here is super, led by the catchy "Man Of Constant Sorrow," performed by Gary Tyminski. I also loved "Soggy Mountain Boys" humorously sang and presented by the three main characters: Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson. Those three guys were hilarious, particularly Nelson with his rubber-faced looks. Audibly, the entire soundtrack is outstanding, under the direction of T-Bone Burnett. I wound up buying the CD as millions of other people did. Fantastic music.
The way this was filmed makes it visually fascinating, with scenery enhanced by computer graphics and all-time great Roger Deakins in charge of the photography. All the people in this movie are wacky, as are the people who made it: the unfortunately clever-but-biased Coen brothers. The parade of wild characters, wild scenes one after the other and the three likable leads (yeah, even the profane Clooney) make this an extremely fast-moving 103-minute movie.