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The Ladykillers (2004)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B- Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "...disappointing..." more... C- Boston Globe Ty Burr "What keeps The Ladykillers from rising above the level of minor entertainment is cheap jokes and overfamiliarity..." more... C   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "What the movie finally lacks, I think, is modesty." more... C+ Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...this movie turns into another offbeat Coen gem, gleaming with verbal and pictorial style, exploding with wit and slapstick." more... A- Cincinnati Enquirer Margaret A. McGurk "a weird, irresistible comedy loaded with treats, surprises and belly laughs." more... A- E! Online "This remake of the beloved British crime farce is clever, has a wacky storyline and is stuffed with outrageous characters, but it never finds its footing." more... B- filmcritic.com Sean O'Connell "Joel and Ethan Coen’s hot hands finally have cooled with their remake of The Ladykillers..." more... C+ Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "The Coens' remake of a comedy classic flounders amid extreme caricatures and stained humor." more... C   New York Post Lou Lumenick "Tom Hanks is terrific giving his first flat-out comic performance in years..." more... B   New York Times A.O. Scott "...while this Ladykillers is a bit of a throwaway, it does have its moments." more... C+ ReelViews James Berardinelli "Not only is this the darkest of comedies, but it gets laughs from some unexpected sources." more... A- Rolling Stone Peter Travers "Sadly, The Ladykillers never lives up to its promise." more... C   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "While (Irma P.) Hall is steady as a rock, comic but believable in her moral strength, the rest of the cast seems either to be flailing or posing." more... C+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...most of the comedy falls very flat..." more... D   USA Today Claudia Puig "The comedy is broad but effectively carried out." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)