I went and saw this yesterday, and was very disappointed. It is sort of a sketch for a film rather than a film. The possibilities for making a Homeric parody or even something like "Sullivan's Travels" were endless; but the film does almost nothing with them. The only good things were, as said, the music; and a couple of scenes (one in a radio station) that captured something interesting about the period. The rest was just self-indulgent. Hundreds of possibilities for a good film were thrown around, and wasted. Someone like John Goodman was pointlessly wasted (an eyepatch, Cyclops, get it?)

I confess to being personally upset that the original advertising suggested that Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss were going to play Sirens -- in the event they were played by young babes. More lack of imagination. A perfect Circe gone begging....

The director(s) should also have told George Clooney to stop mugging for the cameras. He was absoluetely perfect for a Clark Gable type, and he was wasted too.

Go and get a copy of "It Happened One Night" or "Sullivan's Travels" and save your money.

yours, Peter T.