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Mar 26, 2019 · There are two movies in the Coen Brothers’ oeuvre that tend to be cited as “the bad ones”: 2003’s Intolerable Cruelty and 2004’s The Ladykillers.I was a fan of the latter when I saw it ...
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Mar 26, 2004 · What the movie finally lacks, I think, is modesty. The original “Ladykillers” was one of a group of small, inspired comedies made at the low-rent Ealing Studios near London, where Guinness was the resident genius; his other titles from the period include “Kind Hearts and Coronets” (1949), “The Lavender Hill Mob” (1950) and “The Man in the White Suit” (1951).
The Ladykillers. Released Feb 20, 1956 1h 30m Comedy CTA List. 100% Tomatometer 33 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings. Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) likes to report suspicious behavior to ...
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- Alec Guinness
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Comedy
Kids say (1 ): This lively film provides some wicked pleasures. Tom Hanks and the Coen brothers take the title and the concept from the 1955 English black comedy classic. They may miss the primary point (and joke) of the original, and they tone down their usual corkscrew dialogue and mordant humor, but it's still enjoyable.
- J.K. Simmons, Marlon Wayans, Tom Hanks
- Joel Coen
- Touchstone Pictures
The Ladykillers: Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. With Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons. An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady.
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- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- 2004-03-26
Permalink. The Ladykillers (1955) is an enduring classic of British cinema. It was far and away Ealing's finest hour as a studio. Smooth, polished and blackly funny, its one of the best British comedies ever made. Now the classic tale gets the 21st Century makeover from Ethan and Joel Coen.
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Sep 22, 2014 · The Ladykillers, by contrast, I was dreading, and here too my expectations were fully met. It is, by a substantial margin, the worst movie the Coen brothers have ever made.
