The Ladykillers

2004

ComedyCrimeThriller

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.

"The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match."

Rating

6.132
1629 votes

Popularity

5.4421

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Touchstone Pictures,The Jacobson Company,Mike Zoss Productions

Runtime

104 min.

Budget (M$)

76.7 / 35ROI 219%

Status

Released

Release: 3/25/2004

Credits

The Ladykillers

Joel CoenDirector

The Ladykillers

Tom HanksProfessor G.H. Dorr

The Ladykillers

Irma P. HallMarva Munson

The Ladykillers

Marlon WayansGawain MacSam

The Ladykillers

J.K. SimmonsGarth Pancake

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

9/4/2023

5 / 10

There are some films that ought never to be remade, and many of the charming "Ealing Comedies" are amongst them. This one - originally from 1955 - was maybe not my favourite of these classic stories, but it still in no way deserved this imbecilic remake from the Coen brothers. Tom Hanks ("Prof. Dorr") is a typical Southern gentleman who inveigles his way into the home of elderly Christian lady "Marva Munson" (Irma P. Hall) and under the guise of practising their musical numbers, he and his gang set about committing a daring robbery of a casino located next door. What really wrecks this for me in the constant use of expletives. The original story is simple, slapstick even, with subtly paced humour that allows the story to develop in a gently menacing fashion. This is just a charm-free, in-your-face, frontal attack on your senses that rarely raises a smile, has nothing even remotely touching about it and even the old lady isn't averse to a little bit of angry behaviour that would have had Katie Johnson spinning in her grave. These original films are a crucial piece of the jigsaw puzzle that depicts the evolution of cinema comedy, and this is just a shockingly poor travesty of an adaptation.

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