The Ladykillers (2004)
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- Synopsis
- One of the best-loved films from the idiosyncratic British film studio Ealing Pictures gets an update from the equally idiosyncratic filmmaking team of Joel and Ethan Coen in this offbeat comedy. Marva Munson (Irma P....
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- Starring
- Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Irma P. Hall, Tzi Ma
- Director(s)
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Distributor(s)
- Buena Vista
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min.
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I suspect that mainstream audiences will find plenty of things to take pleasure in, even though some viewers may be bewildered by what the Coens do. But for those who share my taste in comedy, this is a must-not-miss. Read the full review
A lot of good actors have gone to work for the Coens and ended up looking like puppets, but Hanks is too clever for that. He knows that he's playing a concoction rather than a human being.Read the full review
Already as dark as London soot, the comedy hardly needed work to bring it in line with the Coen brothers' sensibility, but the remake moves to a beat of its own, one unexpectedly in sync with the gospel music dominating its soundtrack. Read the full review
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05/15/09 "The commodity is money. You can buy and sell money. You can buy and sell the absence of money, debt, which used to strike me as funny." | Variety -
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04/29/09 NEW YORK Tom Hanks took the stage of one of Gotham's most exalted performance spaces April 27 and posed the rhetorical question that had been on the minds of many all night. | Variety