Title: SAD REMAKE OF A FUNNY FILM
Product review: Tom Hanks, a most appealing actor, is locked into a most boring role. His verbal acrobatics as a Southern Gentleman seemed endless, even though no longer than a few sentences at times, The other Ladykillers, his fellow criminal conspirators, although intended to be comic stereotypes, mostly fell on their faces in sad pursuit of a laugh, the lady of the Ladykillers failed ever to evoke the necessary sympathy, being so clearly never in danger and so (deliberately) drawn as a caricature of Aunt Jemima. All in all, it was a sadly unfunny waste of talent.For those who do not find street-language or the use of racial epithets and caricatures acceptable, it is well to repeat the warning: most of the comedy is built on these twin pillars.My suggestion: download or go out and rent, the original minor classic, the British Alec Guinness film.
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