Southern Fried Oddyssey... (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD))

Member Name: cathy

Product:	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (DVD)
Date:	14/09/00 (80 review reads)
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Advantages: It's a Coen Brother Movie

Disadvantages: ...er?

Another tour de force from the incredibly gifted Coen Brothers. With their own inimitable style they remix Homer's Odyssey with The Wizard of Oz to a fine country and blues soundtrack, conjuring up an exciting, entertaining and amusing adventure romp.

The time - The Great Depression. The place - The Deep South, USA. The plot - 3 escapees from a Mississippi chain gang are on the run - and on a mission to get the loot and save George Clooney's marriage.

Everett is worldly wise and pretty slick, Delmar is sweet and naïve, Pete is an angry man. The trio - hot on the trail of the hidden loot and still trailing their shackles - warp into Coenville for a surreal trip through the deepest South you can imagine. Meeting up with a diverse range of wacky characters - a revoltingly gluttenous preacher, Baby Face Nelson, three lovely laundresses, battling politicians, Everett's estranged ex- wife, loads of weird cousins and other relatives and still have time to make a hit record on route!

A picaresque tale that's more than picturesque. As usual in Coenville, the visuals are absolutely, gobmackingly gorgeous. Excellent ensemble acting from the whole cast - which includes several Coenville regulars. It's a fantasy, it's an adventure, it's a comedy, it's a drama - it's A Coen Bros Movie!

Film buffs - Double your fun - see how many movie references you can catch.

Director Joel Coen
Starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson
US 2000 1hr 42 mins

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