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
Falling short of a Coen masterpiece (such a Fargo), The Ladykillers can be described as a Coen gem. The style is evident right from the opening shot. Where else can you find a garbage barge and a garbage dump transformed so magically by the movie camera into what looks like an idyllic paradise. Equally sparkling is the audio pleasure proffered, with the beautiful background of barber-shop like chorus leading into an on screen duet of snores of the sheriff and his deputy. While on that score (no pun intended), lively, exciting swinging gospel music provides excellent interludes as well as background throughout.
Knowing that this is a remake of a 1955 version lead by Alec Gunnies, I'll make no further reference to something that I have not had the pleasure of watching. Instead, I would make reference to the assembling of the team for the caper, an enjoyable prologue as found in many similar films, from the good old classic The League of Gentlemen to the more recent Italian Job (also a remake). The slight difference here is that instead of seeing the mastermind (Tom Hanks) actually recruiting each one of them, we are shown what looks like a cartoon quip of each, with some good laughs but at the same time highlighting their individual characteristics.
Tunnelling for a robbery is not new, and the classical one has to be The Red Headed League in the Sherlock Holmes short stores. Here, under the pretext of researching Renaissance music, Hanks and company rent the basement of a widow, played by Irma P. Hall. One source of amusement to the audience comes from the scenes between these two, the church-going Southern black woman whose every nuance overflows with simple, principled honesty (but earthly smartness) and the completely cunning crook who tries to wriggle out of her recognition at every twist and turn. Another contrast played upon a lot by the Coen Brothers is the Hanks' talking 'genteel' (as Eliza Doolittle would have said) and the proliferation of obscenity from the 'punk', the insider member of the gang.
Funny right from the start, this movie gradually reveals more and more of the Coens' brand of dark humour when eventually the title 'ladykillers' take on a literal meaning. An 'In competition' film at Cannes this year, this Coen gem is well worth checking out.
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.
The new version, however, only demonstrates how you can start out with a great premise and completely destroy it.
While Hank's performance was funny, it certainly didn't out way all the foul language and meaningless interludes that were supposed to "modernize" the movie. The director and/or writers obviously missed the point and charm of the other movie.
If you like the sound of the plot, don't see this movie, stick with the classic. Let's not change a good thing.
Here is the problem with remakes - If you make it exactly like the original then there is little point in remaking it, if you just change the country what is the point when the dialogue and the setting is the exact same almost, with a few words changed here and there... Coupling UK and Coupling USA is a good example... and also maybe Life on Mars. Of course these are TV shows but the comparison stands.
They made this movie very different to the original and shouldn't have called it a remake, or even The Ladykillers. In no way does this resemble the original, which is a classic and is still watchable today but set far in the past when TVs were black and white... is it better than this movie if you are comparing them as the same movie... the original blows this away without a doubt.
So bare that in mind when watching this movie. I wouldn't compare these movies at all, to be honest they are far too different to compare, the only comparison i can come up with is that they have the same name and some of the characters are similar... the scenario is quite different except that they are both about stealing money.
Not a bad or great movie by any means, and i think Hanks character tried to be like the Alec Guinness one, a little strange, and it didn't quite work, for me anyway...
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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- Lingue
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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