The Ladykillers (R)
Some wicked pleasures for mature teens and adults.
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- Studio: Touchstone Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
- Directed By: Joel Coen
- Cast: Tom Hanks
- Running Time: 104 minutes
- Release Date: 03/25/2004
- Video/DVD Release Date: 09/06/2004
- Genre: Comedy
- MPAA Rating: R
- MPAA Explanation: language including sexual references
Parents need to know
Families can talk about whether it is true that no one gets hurt when insurance pays for the stolen goods.
Message
Social Behavior:
The main characters are criminals who lie, steal, and kill, all played for comedy. Some edgy humor.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Drinking, smoking, drug references.
Violence
Comic violence, many characters hurt and killed.
Sex
Sexual references.
Language
Extremely strong language including n-word.
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Nell Minow
Is it any good?
The movie is set in an idyllic Mississippi town somewhere between Mayberry and a Norman Rockwell painting and some time gently nestled between the Depression and hip-hop. The humor comes from a colorful assortment of injuries, ailments, and casualties, along with some choice dialogue. If the Coens and Hanks are a little too far outside the boundaries of their best work, their second-and third-best is also watchable, at least for those who find a professor with bad teeth and a big vocabulary, a dog with a gas mask, a cat with a severed finger, and a garbage scow with a dead body funny.
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