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The Coen brothers are truly a legend. They were the masterminds behind "The Big Lebowski" - certainly not a perfect film, but quite a solid one nevertheless. And in this film they decide to remake the "Odyssey" by Homer. With the slight change that Ulysses ain`t the man who fought at Troy but a dude who ran off with two of his pals from Parchment farm in order to return to his wife who wanted to marry another man. Although at the first glance you won`t see very much resemblance to the Odyssey, but actually almost every scene is connected with the legendary epic. There are syrens, there are cyclops, there are prophets - you name it. And there`s hell of a good music - despite the fact that action takes place in 1930s. Ulysses, Delmar and Pete form a band named "Soggy Bottom Boys" and the play nice old-time music. By the way, Ulysses is played by George Clooney - I never expected him to appear in a film like this. The dialogue is witty, the characters are very interesting, the only minor flaw is that the film has too much singing in it - especially in the middle of the film, when it`s not the main heroes who do the singing. Still, there`s one more thing - the IMDB says this film is basically British, although everyone in it is American. I say - I never disagree with IMDB.