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!
13 November 1958, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
18 June 1933
3 June 1935, Beaumont, Texas, USA
19 June 1976, Santa Monica, California, USA
18 July 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 June 1949, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
15 October 1979, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
29 January 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 June 1958, Birmingham, Michigan, USA
20 September 1986, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
2 February 1946, Macon, Georgia, USA
30 December 1970, Fresno, California, USA
9 July 1956, Concord, California, USA
23 July 1972, New York City, New York, USA
21 July 1952, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
21 February 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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.
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.
December 28, 2010
Some wicked pleasures for mature teens and adults.
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.
August 07, 2004
It's both lowdown and effete, a jamboree of whoopee jokes and sick wit.
September 24, 2007
Hanks is looser and funnier than he has been in quite some time.
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.
December 06, 2005
Good but not great, The Ladykillers is simple, somewhat funny and 'nothing more.'
August 01, 2004
Everybody in and around this movie is trying too hard.
