The Ladykillers
For me it goes something like this: Tom Hanks = Bad, Coen Brothers = Hit or Miss, Tom Hanks+Coen Brothers = Horrible Failure or Entertainingly Good Time. With an equation like that I figured I had about 2:1 odds that the movie would suck, but then again it was a weekday, so I got my student discount. Let me first say that Fall Creek is empty on a Wed night. When I got there (at 9.25) the door was locked (I guess no one came to the 7.15 shows?) and right up until the movie started I was the only person in the building (except for the 2 people working). So I guess my point is that more people should go to Fall Creek, because they tend to play good films. But I guess I should talk about The Ladykillers too, so here goes. The Coen brothers have made some great movies (Hudsucker Proxy, Big Lebowski), they've made some ok ones (Man Who Wasn't There, Fargo), they've some I haven't seen (Raising Arizona, Blood Simple, Intolerable Cruelty), and they've made some terrible movies (most noteablly O Brother, Where Art Thou?), and I guess I'd put this somewhere between great and ok (good maybe?). I do give the brothers credit for continually blending togeter such uniquely different characters into one film. The "band" has just about anyone and everyone you could think of, and somehow it works! Since I'm lazy, and don't feel like writing a whole lot of indepth opinions about the film I'm gonna keep it short. It was funny, it was unique, it wasn't quite what I was expecting (the actual robbery is only about the first half of the movie, and not really the main draw of it, much like Small Time Crooks), and it was a bit more dark of a comedy than I thought it'd be (but then again this is the same minds that gave us the previously mentioned movies). If you're looking for what looks to be a clean-cut comedic heist movie, this isn't what you want. If, on the other hand, you want something a little darker (but still funny) then you're in luck.
P.S. - It even made me not dislike Tom Hanks as I hardly recognized the character as him, kudos for that one.
RATING: Worth a Full Price Ticket, Worth a Rental