The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers (2004). Posted by Tim Brayton Posted on Jun - 1 - 2020 0 Comments. To flog a horse, that if not dead, is at this point in mortal danger of expiring.Well, the waffle line was good, at any rate. And Hanks was holding very little back. But boy, 28 March 2004 turned out to be a real fucking bummer. This is it: the nadir of the Coen brothers' directorial career, the film that even the people who'll get into a rumble to protect the honor of Intolerable Cruelty typically won't try to defend too loudly.

The Ladykillers. Jeffrey Overstreet. Christianity Today March 26, 2004.As funny as it is, The Ladykillers has an air of desperation about it. The Coens seem to have lost control of their signature qualities. They’re increasingly willing to settle for sophomoric, predictable, and downright crass comedy. The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and Intolerable Cruelty went for lowbrow laughs as well, but the characters eventually won our sympathies.