August: Osage County (2013)
Storyline
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 Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Directors
Cast
Meryl Streep, Margo Martindale, Dale Dye, Sam Shepard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julianne Nicholson, Newell Alexander, Dermot Mulroney, Juliette Lewis, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Julia Roberts, Jerry Stahl, Ewan McGregor, Misty Upham, J. Alan Davidson, Will Coffey, Ivan Allen, Arlin Miller, Maria Gus
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Reviews
90
This two-ton prestige pic won’t win the hearts of highbrow critics or those averse to door-slamming, plate-smashing, top-of-the-lungs histrionics, but as a faithful filmed record of Letts’ play, one could have scarcely hoped for better.
80
The Telegraph
A vastly enjoyable theatrical banquet, if perhaps not a profound one, is served up in a bit of a rush here, as if they can't wait to get the next sitting in. But you certainly don't come away feeling hungry.
75
A distinctly uneven but imminently watchable theatrical showcase in which cinematic and stagy devices go head to head with no clear winner.
75
The brilliant screenplay by Mr. Letts sets up the narrative story of the Weston clan in a carefully constructed series of episodes in which the family history is finally revealed. There’s great acting in every frame, but by the end of the ordeal, the viewer may be too exhausted to care.
70
It’s Roberts’ deepest, strongest, liveliest film work.
