Your best shot at appreciating August: Osage County is if you also have an appreciation for theater. Not just because the film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, but also because it's an unconventional master-class in ensemble acting; one that pushes your comfort level by giving you a viciously up-close look into the lives of the Weston women, led by patriarch Violet (Meryl Streep), a smoker dying from mouth cancer who can do with words what the A-bomb did for Nagasaki and Hiroshima. When Violet's husband goes missing, the three daughters and their respective families descend on the family home in the sweltering Oklahoma summer - where personalities clash, secrets come to light, and the manipulative Violet keeps stirring the pot ... until the film ends leaving its viewer battered and exhausted, and thanking God your own family's not this bad. Powerful, acidic, even darkly funny at times - love it or hate it, it's an experience you won't soon forget. (rated R) *****
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I wish I'd seen this review before viewing the film myself as I think it would have given me a more positive experience. Excellent
ReplyDeleteI am hoping to see this next weekend!!!!!
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