Ladykillers (2004, DVD)

This is a good movie. Its packed full of laughs. Tom hanks at his best like always. Has great co-stars. Thats what makes it a great movie. Very funny!

Pros:

Tom Hanks is in it. Good won over evil. The cat was cute.


Con's:

Tom Hanks made a mistake being in it. His muttered speech and accent in this movie were at times unintelligible.

The rough language from one of the characters turned me off completely. The use of the F word is unnecessarily prolific.

This was not my favorite movie. I found this not to be one of Tom Hanks best work. It has alot of death in it. I do not find it a comedy at all.

When I initially saw the film Ladykillers, I could (and did) walk away from it easily and repeatedly--but not true for my young son who could not stop laughing nor could he stop watching the movie. He watches it incessantly, until finally I sat down and watched the movie FROM START TO FINISH--it has now become one of my favorite.

I can really get immersed into a movie, and this one took some time to absorb me. However, once I could appreciate how the numerous facets of the movie manifests themselves and all surrounding this old lady somewhat oblivious to what is going on around her (but eventually catches on), I must say I think this was put together very well. No need to mention the music--it was dead on and bouncing. But consider the innuendos going on throughout the movie: the wandering, albeit intuitive cat; the countenance of the man in the picture (that keeps changing); the lawmen believing the old lady is senile; the music band scam, "the easiest things in the world" may be way too hard for stupid people; this truly pious, devout woman surrounded by hardened criminals; how they all checkout at the end, etc.

The movie is hilarious--with tons of comedy and originality--meshed with inspiring gospel tunes, bizarre outcomes and wayward behavior that you can't just look at it once. Kudos to the Coen Brothers for being able to bring this hodge-podge of characters, plots and humor together to keep the viewer laughing and entertained. Until you sit down and watch the movie from start to finish, taking into account the variety of elements, portrayals and developments going on all at once be wary not to trash this one. It will become a classic, for me anyway.