Just saw this movie and the music was GREAT! Never heard of any of the performers before but we waited until the last credit to find out who they were, only to have the names fly by too fast for me to read. Frank caught "The Soul Stirrers." The black gospel music was the best I've heard, and there was also some shape note and blues plus dashes of classical chamber. Music started and ended the film and was heard throughout.

The movie itself? It had some funny parts and the acting by Tom Hanks and Irma P. Hall and the rest was very good. The Coen brothers films (I've now seen two) are definitely different from the typical hollywood fare and worth seeing. However, there was a large dose of violence, this time done with dark humor and irony, but gruesome nonetheless. Am I just getting squeamish and overly sensitive?