The Ladykillers

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The Ladykillers

2004 · Movie · 104 min

Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer54%as of 2025-01-19
  • Rotten Tomatoes average6.1/10as of 2021-09-11
  • Metacritic56/100as of 2026-02-03

What it is

The Ladykillers is a 2004 American black comedy crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coens' screenplay was based on the 1955 British Ealing comedy film of the same name, which was written by William Rose. The Coens produced the remake with Tom Jacobson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Barry Josephson. It stars Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J. K.

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Genres
Crime / Comedy
Original language
English

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