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The Ladykillers

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The Ladykillers

Original title

The Ladykillers

Year

2004

Running time

104 min.

Country

United States

Director

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Screenwriter

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Cast

Music

Carter Burwell

Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Producer

Touchstone Pictures

Genre

Comedy | Southern Gothic. Black Comedy. Heist Film. Remake

Synopsis

The plot of an eccentric professor-turned-criminal-mastermind (Tom Hanks) to commit the massive heist of a New Orleans riverboat casino appears to be thwarted by the actions of Mrs. Munson, the seemingly-innocent little old landlady of the house that he and his three accomplices are staying in, and which is integral to their scheme (they want to dig a tunnel from it to where the casino's money is kept). So they decide that they need to remove her from the equation, but doing so might prove to be more difficult than they expect.

Awards: 2004: Cannes: Jury Prize (for the acting of Irma P. Hall)

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Critics' reviews

"An uneven, prankish caper comedy (...) Compared with 'O Brother' and 'The Man Who Wasn't There' it is unquestionably minor, perhaps deliberately so, but it is nonetheless intermittently delightful."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"Though the Coens' creative invention is evident (...) the results are lackluster, without unity of purpose or inspiration"

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"The Coens turn the film into an academic exercise. It’s as if the brothers admired the Swiss-watch precision of the original and wanted to take it apart to see how the pieces would work in a new setting"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"'The Ladykillers' has trouble gathering dramatic momentum, reducing it to the level of a picaresque Southern curio."

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Although The Ladykillers is a skillfully executed caper movie, the fun lies not in its mechanics but in its characterizations, especially Hanks's and Hall's, and especially when they're together."

Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post
"If you set your expectations low enough there are real laughs to be had, but coming to the Coens with low expectations somehow just feels wrong, and the parts of the movie that feel right are the parts they've done before."

Ty Burr: Boston Globe

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