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The Ladykillers
The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match. Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III is a charlatan professor who has assembled a gang of experts for the heist of the century. However, their roadblock is an old lady!
6 July 1990, Burbank, California, USA
20 September 1986, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
11 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
2 February 1946, Macon, Georgia, USA
21 February 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
December 06, 2005
The picture ranks with the brothers' best mid level output.
March 30, 2004
There's the mind-numbing oompah rhythm of every gag telegraphed and every joke pounded into the ground.
August 18, 2007
The Ladykillers is small and compact -- it doesn't kill, it's just a doodle -- but it's a very pleasant cartoon for grown-ups. It's some sweet fodder.
September 24, 2007
Hanks is looser and funnier than he has been in quite some time.
August 07, 2004
It's both lowdown and effete, a jamboree of whoopee jokes and sick wit.
May 02, 2007
Despite cartoonish characters, over-the-top hijinks, and occasional lapses of bad taste, any movie that leaves you laughing up the aisle, has to remain well-recommended.
March 29, 2004
Most of this stuff isn't worthy of the Farrelly brothers, let alone the Coen brothers.
September 29, 2006
The story, adapted by the Coens themselves, is reduced to a series of hoops the characters must jump through to prove just how strange they are.
August 01, 2004
Everybody in and around this movie is trying too hard.
December 06, 2005
Good but not great, The Ladykillers is simple, somewhat funny and 'nothing more.'
December 28, 2010
Some wicked pleasures for mature teens and adults.
June 24, 2006
While being far from the Coens' finest hour, it remains more intelligent and ambitious than most of what currently passes for Hollywood mainstream comedy.
