| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5) |
| One of the most difficult reviews I have had to write in a long time,
Ladykillers proves its aesthetic complexity by being impossible to
discuss and yet impossible not to feel connected to. I could go on
about Tom Hanks and Irma P. Hall and the simple...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| The Coens have done it again. In 2003, they made one of the unfunniest comedies
ever made, "Intolerable Cruelty." In 2004, they have crafted one of their
funniest works by far, "The Ladykillers." Though the concept and ideas behind
this dark comedy are...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 5/10) |
| CAPSULE: The Coen Brothers try their hand at
remaking one of the best of the 1950s Alec
Guinness comedies from Ealing Studios. Their
effort just wastes talent on too few new
laughs in a version that has little to offer...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Jonathan Moya (Rating: 2/5) |
| Professor G.H. Dorr: Tom Hanks
Marva Munson: Irma P. Hall
Gawain MacSam: Marlon Wayans
Garth Pancake: J.K. Simmons
The General: Tzi Ma
Lump: Ryan Hurst
Mountain Girl: Diane Delano more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| An indication that the Coen Brothers may have had some inkling as to the
sorry state of their The Ladykillers remake is the time they lavish on the
gospel renderings of a Mississippi Southern Baptist church choir. The choir
has little or nothing to...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Joe Lopez (Rating: 3/4) |
| When the Coen Brothers make a movie, it tends to be great. When Tom
Hanks stars in a movie, it tends to be great. So when Tom Hanks stars
in a Coen Brothers movie, the SAT inspired assumption is that it's
going to be great. That expectation is what...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C) |
| Did you ever notice that a funny-looking costume
doesn't necessarily make the person funnier? In
fact, it could become a distraction. It's no
longer a comedy act; it's more of an oddity. The
same can be said of "The Ladykillers," a cruel
comedy which...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "The Ladykillers" (Buena Vista/Disney)
What a disappointment! Perhaps it's because I so admire the thespian
talents of Tom Hanks. Perhaps it's because I have so enjoyed the quirky,
off-the-wall comedy of Ethan and Joel...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Professor Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr Ph.D. (Tom Hanks) has a plan for
robbing the Bandit Queen riverboat casino by tunneling into its offshore,
underground accounting offices from the root cellar of the church-going
widow Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall, "Bad...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B+) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B+
Touchstone Pictures
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, from "The Ladykillers" by
William Rose
Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons,
Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst, Diane...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| Even though the stories sound quite similar, The Ladykillers succeeds where
Duplex failed miserably. Ultimately, each film is about
protagonists-by-default attempting to do in a harmless yet formidable old
lady who stands between them and whatever they...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 5/10) |
| PLOT:
A highly educated professor with a funky accent and a gift for gab rents a room
from an aging church-going woman who believes that the man is there to practice
with his musical "band". As it turns out, the man and his band of criminal
cohorts have...more |
| The Ladykillers Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| After one of the longest winning streaks in Hollywood, including four
out-of-the-park homeruns in his last four outings (THE GREEN MILE, CASTAWAY,
ROAD TO PERDITION and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN), Tom Hanks strikes out swinging in
THE LADYKILLERS. But, to be...more |
