ODYSSEY

Odyssey

Odyssey

From body-fluid easy to Barton Fink to Fargo and The large-scale Lebowski, Joel and Ethan Coen have been experts of eccentric storytelling and their newest -- O male sibling, Where Art Thou? -- is no exception. (Baikouzis, 2006)

Based on Homer's Odyssey, no less, it pursues the bizarrely ragtag excursions of three escaped convicts who escaped a Depression-era Mississippi string of links gang. The end of their specific rainbow is presumed to be a treasure concealed by Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) on land scheduled to be inundated for a hydroelectric task, although in truth the real reward turns out to be ...