Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans
Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III is a charlatan professor who has assembled a gang of experts for the heist of the century. The thieves are experts in explosions, tunneling and muscle. The professor is t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
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October 2, 2009I think if anyone was going to make a decent contemporary remake of The Ladykillers it would be the Coen Brothers. Unfortunately, as much as they got the foundations right, their version is woefully miscast. They also seem to have swapped their usually brilliant script for downri...( read more)
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September 2, 2009By far my least favorite Coen brothers' production. Why you ask? Mainly the foul language. I'm no Puritan, not by a long shot, and frankly I know many, many good films that you wouldn't talk about in Sunday School, but there is a line between realism and gratuitous obscenity. ...( read more)
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August 26, 2009while this is my least favorite of the coens films, i still enjoyed it. some of the deaths at the end clearly got out of hand, but the humor was fun, the story was enjoyable enough, and the film was made well. not great, but a solid watch for a night of escapism.
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July 6, 2009This has got to be the worst Tom Hanks and Coen brothers movie...EVER! Wow, as hard as I tried I just could not get nto it and I just couldn't find anything funny until the end. The last 20-30 min were the high for me and the first part of the movie just wasn't worth it for me to...( read more)
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February 1, 2009The Coen Brothers are devastatingly in charge again in this film and their humour is more than black, blacker than black, a blacker shade of black, especially since the main heroin is black and the sheriff is black and the essential member of the gang, the inner agent of the oper...( read more)
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November 22, 2009It is by no means the best from the Coen Brothers, but it is not their worst. It is a decent remake with an excellent performance from Tom Hanks. Its main flaw is the emotionless nature of the film. There is no need for it to get as dark as it does and it sticks out very noticeably.
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September 1, 2009wow, by far one of the worst movies I have ever seen, the storyline made no sence, the stars were talking in circles. just an all around waste of money if you ask me.
Critic Reviews
August 18, 2007
David Edelstein, Slate
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
A lukewarm live-action Loony Tunes cartoon. full review
August 1, 2004
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Everybody in and around this movie is trying too hard. full review
March 26, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Those seeking a quirky and clever comedy should hightail it to The Ladykillers forthwith. full review
March 26, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Always wildly signaling for us to notice it. Not content to be funny, it wants to be FUNNY! Have you ever noticed that the more a comedian wears funny hats, the less funny he is? full review
March 25, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Tom Hanks seizes the chance to play a comic villain with almost indecent vaudevillian glee in this uneven, prankish caper comedy by Joel and Ethan Coen. full review
March 25, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
You'll have to watch the original film to see it done right. full review
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