The Ladykillers (2004) movie poster

The Ladykillers (2004)

"The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match."
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👍 72%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 55%
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Director
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Runtime
1h 44m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.1/10 (1,713 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
56

Cast

Tom Hanks as Professor G.H. Dorr · 76% avg
Irma P. Hall as Marva Munson · 68% avg
Marlon Wayans as Gawain MacSam · 71% avg
J.K. Simmons as Garth Pancake · 70% avg
Tzi Ma as The General · 68% avg
Ryan Hurst as Lump Hudson · 79% avg
Diane Delano as Mountain Girl
George Wallace as Sherriff Wyner

Is The Ladykillers good?

Most people think so. 72% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 55%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1660 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#130 / 175 · 2004
Rank among its director's films
#6 / 10 · Ethan Coen

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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In the 2008 film "Burn After Reading", Frances Mcdormand's character tells her plastic surgeon "My mom had an ass that could pull a bus". This is a callback to the Coen Brothers' previous 2004 film, "The Ladykillers", where Marlon Wayans' character says the same thing about a casino patron.
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