Un'affascinante professore eccentrico e il suo equipaggio fanno finta di essere musicisti per rapinare un casinò, il tutto sotto il naso della sua vecchia padrona di casa.Un'affascinante professore eccentrico e il suo equipaggio fanno finta di essere musicisti per rapinare un casinò, il tutto sotto il naso della sua vecchia padrona di casa.Un'affascinante professore eccentrico e il suo equipaggio fanno finta di essere musicisti per rapinare un casinò, il tutto sotto il naso della sua vecchia padrona di casa.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Premi
- 6 vittorie e 4 candidature totali
- Elron
- (as Walter Jordan)
Recensioni in evidenza
I think that the poor reception this film got is largely due to its sense of humor. The Coens' dry wit present in several of their films is present here, mostly through the main character Professor Dorr, portrayed excellently by Tom Hanks in one of his better performances, but there's also a lot of low-brow humor, and not even distinctive or interesting low-brow humor, just 'haha he dropped an f-bomb' sort, which is really at odds with the rest of this film. Really, take out Marlon Wayans and his annoying character and you would have one of the best remakes ever made. Instead you've got this film.
"The Ladykillers", in spite of its awful reputation, is really not a bad film at all. It's got atmosphere, it's beautifully photographed, it's fairly amusing, and the majority of the performances are very good. It's inferior by the Coens' standards but still better than most comedies released in 2004. In addition, although it takes a lot of liberties with the original story, it recreates the most memorable sequences from the original with care and obvious affection, resulting in a hugely entertaining last twenty minutes in which so many memorable images from Mackendrick's classic Ealing comedy are translated to the American south.
This is a minor film for the Coens, but obviously one made with love and affection. It's fairly flawed, but it's also quite amusing and features and outstanding performance from Tom Hanks, an actor I don't normally think is particularly great.
7/10
Some laugh out loud slapstick, some fun characters but definitely not up to the Coen Brothers usual standards
JK Simmons, Tzi Ma, and Irma P Hall were all pretty great, it's visually quite nice looking (once you get past the fairly ugly CGI-heavy opening), and there are a few genuinely funny moments, even if the main plot takes a while to actually unfold, and there are certainly some contrivances/logical flaws.
Still, the Coens are great at making dark comedies about stupid and/or arrogant getting wrapped up in criminal activity - see The Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading, and Fargo. This one certainly isn't as good as any of them, but I think there's enough good stuff here to recommend to fans of the Coen Brothers.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizPrior to filming, Tom Hanks had not seen La signora omicidi (1955), as he did not want it to influence the way he acted in the remake.
- BlooperThe criminals intent to collapse the tunnel in order to leave no trace of the crime, however, all this would have done is leave a trench between Mrs. Munson's house and the casino.
- Citazioni
Waffle Hut Waitress: Have you all decided?
Professor G.H. Dorr: Madam, we must have waffles! We must all have waffles forthwith! We must all think, and we must all have waffles, and think each and every one of us to the very best of his ability...
- Curiosità sui creditiSpecial thanks to ... the residents of Natchez, Mississippi
- ConnessioniEdited into The Clock (2010)
- Colonne sonoreCome, Let Us Go Back to God
Written by Thomas A. Dorsey (as Thomas Dorsey)
Performed by The Soul Stirrers
Courtesy of Specialty Records, Inc./Fantasy, Inc.
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- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingue
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- El quinteto de la muerte
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- Budget
- 35.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 39.799.191 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 12.634.563 USD
- 28 mar 2004
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 76.666.133 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 44 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1