Has anyone seen O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)? For some reason it has been on television a lot lately. It's a movie based (loosely!) on Homer's "The Odyssey." It takes place in the 1930's and has escaped convicts searching for hidden treasure.

I think it is one of the best movies that George Clooney has been in.

That is one of my favorite movies. I love how its based on Homer's Odyssey.

Absolutely superb film - one of my all time favourites. I love the characters - and the music is wonderful.

Love it! I think you have to have a bit of a "quirky" personality to appreciate it. My husband and a lot of friends thought it was "just plain stupid" and wondered why Clooney would waste his time on a flop. Go figure. I agree with MaggieG, the music is great.

I can't stand the music . But I like the movie otherwise. But I can't watch it often.

And opposite of NowhereWoman, I love the music and have seen the movie many times. I even bought the soundtrack and I'm not usually a fan of that type of music. And as with jordandog, a lot of our friends just don't seem to "get it". I laugh just thinking about it. One of my favorite quotes in the movie used to be my signature line: it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.
Shoot, now I'm going to have go watch it again. Wonderfully entertaining movie! It's in my top 10.

You haven't lived until you've shared an apartment with a fellow from China learning English by watching this movie and singing its songs. That's all I've got to say.

I can imagine it now Stu.

Every time I see it the music is with me for days. And I loved the guy being run out of town on a rail .

Agreed! I can't even begin to quote all the great lines in it not to mention (like you all also noted) the great parallels to the Odyssey. A great movie with a great script!

I am not usually much of a country music/bluegrass listener but that soundtrack is great - flows so well.

Just watched again a couple of days go. Definitely Clooney at his best. I'm also not a big fan of that music but really enjoyed it in the movie. The Coen brothers are geniuses, plain and simple.

Stu, that is hilarious. I've just had my first laugh of the day. Thank you.

That could rank with my Chinese students singing Edelweiss!

I finally saw this movie and found it very good. I'm not a Clooney fan and now I guess I like him.

I was expecting something very different but got something more original than many American movies.

I will point out the he did it all quite well and everything. Some folks just found it...disconcerting.

One of my favorite movies. I am not a big George Clooney fan but he was awesome in this movie. I think the casting was perfect!

At the Boy Scout Camp that I work at, one of the major traditions is that after the major campfires on Monday and Friday nights, when all the scouts have gone to bed, the staff stays at the campfire stage and sings all the songs that we can't sing around the scouts. Usually this consists of songs like "The Gambler", "Piano Man", "Rollin' On The River", and "The Sloop John B.". But one night, we were all standing around and one of those long silences that happen when no one knows what to sing next hit and instead of killing the staff sing like those silences usually do, someone started softly singing "Down In The River To Pray". Gradually those of us who knew it (almost entirely because of O Brother) including myself joined in, followed by the ones that didn't know as they picked up the pattern. Eventually we had the entire Camp Wolfeboro Staff singing it!

This is one of my favourite movies, and I, too, bought the soundtrack, which I don't usually do.

Stu, I wish I'd been there to hear him singing. That sounds like it would have been hilarious.