O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000107 minutesPG-13
3.7
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
⭐ 7.7IMDb
🍅 78%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 69/100Metacritic
🎬 7.3TMDb
📊 6.0Popularity
🏆Nominated for 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 38 nominations total
Directed by: Coen Brothers
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."
Box Office
Budget:$26.0M
Revenue:$71.9M
Profit:$45.9M
Arcplot Score Breakdown
Beat Timing Precision6.1/10
Emotional Arc Impact3/10
Thematic Consistency2/10
Overall Score3.7/10
Beat Sheet
15 plot points
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
5 min
3
Set-Up
10 min
4
Catalyst
20 min
5
Debate
30 min
6
Break Into Two
40 min
7
B Story
50 min
8
Fun and Games
60 min
9
Midpoint
70 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
80 min
11
All Is Lost
90 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
95 min
13
Break Into Three
100 min
14
Finale
105 min
15
Final Image
106 min
Emotional Arc
+100-10
Plot Points
#1
Opening Image
1 min
Depression-era Mississippi. Everett in prison chain gang.
#2
Theme Stated
5 min
Everett: "We must escape." Freedom, adventure, and human folly.
#3
Set-Up
10 min
Escape from prison. Introduce companions Pete and Delmar.
#4
Catalyst
20 min
Quest to retrieve hidden treasure begins.
#5
Debate
30 min
Can they succeed despite obstacles and eccentric characters?
#6
Break Into Two
40 min
Adventure on the road. Conflicts and comic moments.
#7
B Story
50 min
Romantic subplot with Penny.
#8
Fun and Games
60 min
Encounters with KKK, politicians, and media satire.
#9
Midpoint
70 min
Treasure still hidden. False victory for gang.
#10
Bad Guys Close In
80 min
Obstacles mount. Betrayal and misfortune.
#11
All Is Lost
90 min
Capture imminent. Dreams of treasure at risk.
#12
Dark Night of the Soul
95 min
Gang reflects on mistakes. Hope fading.
#13
Break Into Three
100 min
Plan renewed. Final escape and confrontation.
#14
Finale
105 min
Treasure found. Relationships resolved.
#15
Final Image
106 min
Everett reunited with Penny. Journey complete.