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AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Director:

  John Wells
  

Year Released:

  2013

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

5 out of 5

4.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Juliette Lewis
  Julianne Nicholson
  Julia Roberts
  Meryl Streep
  Misty Upham
Movie Haiku:Brilliantly realized & perfectly cast adaption of Pulitzer Prize-winning family dramedy by Tracy Letts. When her husband commits suicide, Violet Weston (Streep) calls her family back to Oklahoma for his funeral. And you thought some folks at YOUR Thanksgiving Table were over the top?!? Wells (best known as the creator of ER) is a master manager of dynamic ensemble fireworks.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2013