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August: Osage County

2013

John Wells

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper ...

6.7

20,732

Drama A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

	Media	Author	Review
		Scott Foundas Variety	"Tracy Letts’ acid-tongued Broadway triumph reaches the screen with its scalding intensity fully intact (...) as a faithful filmed record of Letts’ play, one could have scarcely hoped for better."
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A solid reworking of the Broadway hit, though even with this high-wattage cast some electricity is missing."
		Catherine Shoard The Guardian	"Meryl Streep claws the walls well, but the trappings of theatre hobble this movie version (...) It's bracing, but it does feel closer to panto than melodrama (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Wells deserves credit for juggling countless subplots without deflating the vitality of the material."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"On the whole the ensemble sticks close to Letts' vision of a family on the verge of imploding, letting the writer's language and ideas carry the day."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"A vastly enjoyable theatrical banquet, if perhaps not a profound one (...) But you certainly don't come away feeling hungry. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'August: Osage County' falls into an uncanny valley between melodrama and camp, failing to achieve either heights of operatic feeling or flights of knowing parody. The jokes are too labored, too serious."
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"The dialogue is so sharply written and the sniping so deftly performed that it can be entertaining, though challenging to endure. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"

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