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MovieMaze (Martin Buchholz)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
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 complete Ladykillers movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
To look at the people in "The Ladykillers'' -- especially Tom Hanks, who goes through the movie dressed like a Kentucky colonel, talking like an Edgar Allan Poe character and cackling like Joan Cusack after five drinks -- one can't help but suspect that ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
MovieFreak.com (Rachel Sexton)
Though drama has proven his recent forte, yet Tom Hanks started in comedy, so let's not forget. Aside from Nora Ephron romantic comedies with Meg Ryan, he hasn't really entered the comedy genre for quite some time. To jump back in with a bad-guy role ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at MovieFreak.com (Rachel Sexton)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Joel and Ethan Coen may have spent more time in the company of George Clooney (O Brother, Where Art Thou, Intolerable Cruelty) over the past few years but they have, of all people, Tom Hanks to thank for their finest, funniest film since Raising ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
The Ladykillers marks the return of the Coen Brothers following last year's disappointing mainstream attempt known as Intolerable Cruelty. The auteurs of such original, stylish works as Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou, and The Man Who Wasn't There ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
Quirky Coen brothers remake of Ealing classic is a blast (or two). ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
Perth Sunday Times
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
The Coen Bros. [are] in fine form stylistically ... There's something about the way their work is so polished that it forces one to smile. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
The Coens' take on this material is a happy blend of respecting the original and leapfrogging from it with their own inimitable creativity. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
LA Weekly (John Powers)
It's the disease of Hollywood remakes that they nearly always lose sight of what made the original good in the first place. Where Alexander Mackendrick's film offered a delicately diabolical blend of the ordinary and the brutal -- the new Ladykillers ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at LA Weekly (John Powers)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
The Ladykillers is the first comedy of the year that isn't playing down to the teen market. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Slate (David Edelstein)
The mixture of cartoony stylization and regional realism is completely original--and a testament to the genius eye for color of the great cinematographer Roger Deakins and the designer Dennis Gassner. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
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 complete Ladykillers movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Time (Richard Schickel)
The Coen brothers merrily subvert that standard caper trope. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
The Ladykillers is filled with laughs, great characters and a twisted, black tale that stands the test of time 50 years after it was first conceived. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
The Ladykillers may not rank among the Coens' most excellent films, but I bet it still ends up as one of this year's best comedies. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Jam! Movies (Bruce Kirkland)
As wonderful as it is wicked. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Jam! Movies (Bruce Kirkland)
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Joe Lopez
The Coen Brothers may be among the best filmmakers in the history of cinema, mainly because of their unique sense of story and style. Most of their resume consists of independently produced films, or at least movies with an Indyspirit. Last year, the ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Joe Lopez
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Leave it to the Coen Brothers to do a remake of yet another heist movie that is actually worth your time. One of the funniest films I've seen in years. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Susan Granger
Set in the Bible Belt, the plot revolves around a hapless band of thieves who plan to rob a Mississippi River gambling boat. "Band" is the operative word here, since Professor G. H. Dorr (Tom Hanks) rents a room from an unsuspecting churchgoer, Marva ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Susan Granger
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Maybe Hanks' star power throws off the ensemble feel of the movie. I can't decide. I know I wouldn't want "Ladykillers" to have less of his Professor Dorr, but I also know I'd like more of the rest of the characters. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
You can enjoy the Coen-ucopia of doodles. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
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Perpetually Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks stars as the leader of a gang of somewhat dim-witted thieves who have a plan to empty out the coffers of the local casino by digging a tunnel under an old ladys house who believes them to be musicians ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at DVD Clinic ("JaneBlo")
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
While their most recent outing, last years Intolerable Cruelty, was the least Coen-ish movies Joel and Ethan Coen had ever made, they have returned with their unique authorial presence fully intact with The Ladykillers, which is, quite ironically, ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
It features a turn from the great Tom Hanks that is so thoroughly unlike anything he has ever done ... that it makes the movie required viewing. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
The Coen Brothers have never met a botched crime they didn't like. "Fargo", "Blood Simple", even their classic "Raising Arizona" all feature attempts at crime by characters that are far more interesting than their nefarious deeds. This time, adapting an ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Enjoyable Coen caper, enlivened by a strong comic performance by Tom Hanks, though not on the level of their pre-Intolerable Cruelty output.When it was first announced that the Coen Brothers were set to remake Alexander Mackendricks 1955 classic Ealing ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
a sharp, funny, smart comedy that draws its humor from hysterical situations, visual jokes and wonderful characters ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Hanks traded on his common-man status to reach stardom, but this is the most uncommon acting he's done: He gets deep inside the mind of an eccentric none of us would ever meet in real life and makes us believe in him. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
A comedic tidal wave that gains momentum and mass as it goes along, engulfing contrived story twists and thin characters in an all-out rush. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
The Cinema Source (Jeff Wilser)
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Hanks is terrific giving his first flat-out comic performance in years as a wildly eccentric criminal mastermind. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
The Coens still have enough tricks up their sleeves for a worthwhile outing. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Its on par with The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou and in many ways surpasses both of them in laugh terms alone. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Seattle Times (Ted Fry)
Playing is the operative word since the visual whimsy gets equal billing with a mordant wit that's too much fun to be easily summed up as mere black comedy. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Seattle Times (Ted Fry)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
The kind of conspiratorial comedy that makes us feel we're privy to an inside joke. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
You may go into this film to see Hanks back in top comic form, but I guarantee you will walk out raving about Irma P. Hall and Pickles. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
The chemistry between Hanks and Hall is the strongest element of the movie. Both are lavishly ornamented characters -- caricatures, really, but not in an off-putting way -- who play marvelously off each other. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
[Directors Joel and Ethan Coen] aren’t for everyone, but those who like their offbeat material will discover a new gem here. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
The Cinema Source (Jeff Wilser)
Trivia question: how many movies has Tom Hanks been in? Answer: (and no IMDBing!): 35. For extra credit: In those 35 movies, how many villains has he played? Answer: 0. None, that is, until The Ladykillers, another offbeat comedy from the Coen ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at The Cinema Source (Jeff Wilser)
Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Hanks appears to be having the time of his life. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
A Southern-style "Ocean's 11" without the pretty boys and Vegas attitude but with plenty of laughs. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
In The Ladykillers, Ethan and Joel Coen's mossy remake of the mordant 1955 comedy starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers, Tom Hanks sports a goatee, white linen frock coat, Southern-fried accent, and polysyllabic vocabulary. The effect is that of ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
The new version of The Ladykillers is like an able forger's copy of a masterpiece. The brushstrokes are broader, the colors are a little less subtle, and one or two portions of the canvas were finished in a hurry. But it's well worth a look if you're ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Hanks is, as usual, on the top of his game. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...good fun watching a great actor have the time of his life. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
... The Coen Brothers have crafted what may be their funniest film. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
... second-tier Coen brothers ... technically excellent and never less than entertaining, it doesn't arrest and stun the way Miller's Crossing or Fargo or Raising Arizona did. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Perhaps the most obvious lesson...can be summed up by a quote from a previous Tom Hanks' film... 'Stupid is as stupid does.' ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
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Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
The surround sound was most noticeable during the gospel numbers at Miss Munson’s church. The rich round tones sound great in our movie room. Picture quality is, as expected, nearly flawless. The movie is presented in the original 1.85:1 aspect ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Boston Herald (David Brudnoy)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Where I think the Coens have slacked off a bit is in their direction. The film is funny, often hilarious, but it also feels slower than it should, particularly with its loony-tunes premise. Perhaps it is Dorr's excessive monologues -- which Hanks, a ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
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Toronto Star
Not quite top-drawer Coen Bros., but good enough to make you wish it were, The Ladykillers is a case of being grateful for small pleasures.Based on the 1955 Ealing Studios comedy of the same name, about best-laid criminal plans that go astray, ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Toronto Star
Philadelphia Inquirer
In The Ladykillers, Ethan and Joel Coen's mossy remake of the mordant 1955 comedy starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers, Tom Hanks sports a goatee, white linen frock coat, Southern-fried accent, and polysyllabic vocabulary. The effect is that of ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer
DVD Talk (Matthew Millheiser)
I haven't seen the recent Coen Brothers remake of The Ladykillers (and, judging by box office returns, neither have most people), but I can't even begin to fathom how that film could compare with the Alexander Mackendrick's 1955 gem. The Ladykillers is ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at DVD Talk (Matthew Millheiser)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
[Postscript: This is the first film in which both brothers, Ethan and Joel, receive directorial credit. Before The Ladykillers, Ethan has been producer and Joel has been director, with shared credit for writing and editing (under the pseudonym Roderick ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Comingsoon.net
Kureishi and director Udayan Prasad employ some of cinemaÿs oldest conventions in this film; the whore with the heart of gold, the unlikely lovers who overcome all obstacles to join together, the man who loses everything only to find himself. We've ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Comingsoon.net
FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
The Green Mile, Cast Away, Road to Perdition, Catch Me If You Can and now The Ladykillers. It seems Tom Hanks is on a roll.Of course, this is a Coen brother's film, and the work of the writing/directing ensemble certainly stands out yet again, but as ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
Empire Magazine [UK]
This has received mixed reviews in the States, and here in the Empire office. While the Coen Brothers find it hard to do wrong, they may have bitten off more they can chew in remaking an Ealing classic. Still, we have hopes... ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Reel.com
Poor Tom Hanks. Sure, learning lines is the most basic part of the job, but to memorize such a sequence of purple-prosed soliloquies—the language is like Henry Higgins on acid—must've been a trip of a whole other sort. Had anyone else been in ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Reel.com
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The picture ranks with the brothers' best mid level output-not as sublime as "Fargo" or "Barton Fink" but infinitely more satisfying than "The Big Lebowski" or "Intolerable Cruelty". ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)
Film Threat (Mark Sells)
Good but not great, The Ladykillers is simple, somewhat funny and “nothing ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Film Threat (Mark Sells)
Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
The Ladykillers fits snugly among the Coens' lighter and breezier movies--the ones you forget after you see them once and begin to appreciate and finally adore the more often you revisit them. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
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New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
It’s both lowdown and effete, a jamboree of whoopee jokes and sick wit. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
A amusing trifle that might fit somewhere between "The Big Lebowski" and "Intolerable Cruelty"; for those expecting "Fargo," it's no ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
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With Intolerable Cruelty and now this film, the balance of elements that seemed effortlessly right in previous Coen Brothers pictures like O Brother and The Man Who Wasnt There is off. Perhaps The Ladykillers was a labor of love for ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
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RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
The Coen brothers made names for themselves with such films as Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou? but recently their success has started to decline starting with last year's lackluster film Intolerable Cruelty starring George Clooney and Catherine ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
A cute but insubstantial exercise in stylish silliness that will likely be quickly forgotten. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
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Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
The film gets funny reflex laughs as well as a few of the unexpected guffaws that are the Coens' trademark. So go -- but with lowered expectations. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
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Perhaps the lesser of all of the Coen Brothers (Fargo, The Big Lebowski) films, their remake of the 1955 film, The Ladykillers, proves to be just too disjointed to fully enjoy in its totality. Blame miscasting of the supporting roles for the reason it do ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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It must be really difficult once you've made 10 or 12 fantastic movies; everyone expects that level to be maintained. So when the Coens decided to go high-end with their Clooney / Zeta-Jones affair, we felt slighted when it wasn't up to the standards of ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at eFilmCritic (Scott Weinberg)
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This Coen Brothers remake of a wicked British comedy from 1955, with Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers, stars Tom Hanks as mannered though smarmy Professor Dorr. Dorr is a southern gentleman with a penchant to enrich himself with the funds of a New Orleans ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Reel Movie Critic Pam & George Singleton)
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From its first moment, The Ladykillers is delightful in its construction: Tom Hanks plays Professor G.H. Dorr, a Southern gentleman whose manners, speech and dental care are about 100 years past their prime. He recruits a team of misfits to rob a ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Exclaim!
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"I think you'll find it had some physical comedy that worked and some Coen brothers shticks and caricatures drawn that were zany enough to amuse in spurts." ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
The overstuffed farce remains, but the caustic leanness and meanness of the original are gone with the Mississippi wind. That leaves us to settle for occasionally funny moments in an otherwise uneven picture. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The Coens' Ladykillers, on the other hand, is 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 ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall and Marlon Wayans in The LadykillersThis Coen Brothers' remake of the 1955 British comedy which starred Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers, relocates everything to the gothic American South. Shot in Natches, Miss., we get lots of ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
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Perhaps the lesser of all of the Coen Brothers (Fargo, The Big Lebowski) films, their remake of the 1955 film, The Ladykillers, proves to be just too disjointed to fully enjoy in its totality. Blame miscasting of the supporting roles for the reason it do ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
The Coen Bros. first try at a remake proves at least somewhat better than their first real mainstream studio comedy - last year's dull and smarmy "Intolerable Cruelty" - and yet it's far from their previous highs let alone the classic ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
The Coen brothers’ newest is an odd amalgam of tics and stutters that plays like something of a greatest-hits reel but never seems to jell into a real comedy. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The genius of Alec Guinness was in his anonymity. He could play a character so ingratiating that he ingratiated himself right into invisibility, and that was the secret of his work in "The ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
The Coen Brothers are usually pretty reliable in bringing interesting material to the screen. The Man Who Wasn't There, Fargo, Raising Arizona, O, Brother Where Art Thou? and Barton Fink are some of their better outings. The Big Lebowski and, ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
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Bullz-Eye.com
The religious undertones that the Coens sprinkle throughout âThe Ladykillersâ are welcome, if you can spot them, but theyâre not enough to save this film. While the script gains some momentum during the final 30 minutes, Hollywoodâs ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Although I have nothing but respect for the Coens, I just can't help but wonder why they are such critical darlings. I guess they make some of the more intelligent comedies out there, but still. Much like this movie, and the included features, I can't ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
Joel and Ethan Coen’s hot hands finally have cooled with their remake of The Ladykillers, and fans could probably see it coming. For starters, as mentioned, it’s a remake – uncharted waters for two filmmakers best known for placing ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
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The Coen brothers usually make a low-budget movie about once a year that critics usually adore and audiences usually ignore. Their remake of the Alec Guinness classic The Ladykillers is expected to draw a bigger crowd than most of their earlier films, ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
"Ladykillers" makes a fine movie, but not a
terribly appropriate title for this quirky criminal
comedy with a churchy-gospel backbeat. How about "Of
Saints & Sinners" or "Stealing Heaven" or ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
For all its idiosyncratic thrusts and jabs, the movie never takes off. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
The Coen Brothers are known for making movies with interesting, oddball characters. Normally though, they also provide a deeper, funnier story along with them. An interesting collection of character work, ultimately The Ladykillers is a disappointment. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Other than Tom Hanks' over-the-top character and the Coen bros' name on this production, not much about this movie interested me before walking into the theater. Walking out of the theater, not much had managed to interest me through most of its 2-hour ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
A movie so cartoonish that you half expect to be splattered with ink at any moment,The Ladykillersisn't so much a remake of the 1955 classic as it is a live action reworking of those Foghorn Leghorn Looney Tunes cartoons, withTom Hanksas the ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
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