Three convicts on the run in '30s Mississippi meet blind prophets, washerwomen sirens and cycloptic Bible-bashers in the Coen brothers' bluegrass take on Homer's Odyssey. Not an all-time classic, but inventive fun nonetheless, with George Clooney twitching and double-taking like mad as the vain and verbose Ulysses Everett McGill.
DVD Extras:
Cast and crew interviews, trailer, TV spots. The Coen's sepia-tinted cinematography has never looked better than when etched onto a lovely, shiny disc but - that apart - there aren't many reasons to cough up extra for the DVD instead of the vid. The trailer and TV spots are a bare-bones minimum for any DVD these days, while the zero-revelation cast and crew interviews are just dull telly show inserts. The list of potential extras for a Coen brothers film is huge. So where are they, eh?
