August: Osage County
Based on the play by Tracy Letts. 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 Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
31 October 1963, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
8 October 1944, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
21 June 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
19 July 1976, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
18 July 1951, Jacksonville, Texas, USA
28 October 1967, Smyrna, Georgia, USA
5 November 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
June 18, 2016
Problem is, with about ten families' worth of dysfunction packed in, and no happy resolution, what kind of a cinematic experience is it? The fingernails-on-a-blackboard kind.May 12, 2015
Every ill-considered editing choice here bears the sticky fingerprints of statuette-grubbing producer Harvey Weinstein, attempting to tame this rough material for mass consumption by Oscar voters.January 12, 2014
August: Osage County is all about the acting. That makes sense because the storyline doesn't offer much that could be considered new or remarkable.September 12, 2014
Nothing makes you feel better about your dysfunctional family at the holidays than watching a messed-up clan unravel on screen, only armed with better zingers and prettier faces. That describes this adaptation of Tracy Letts's star-studded drama.January 10, 2014
Although a couple of performances here may earn Oscar nominations, by the time you've sat through the wreckage, you're left with the sense that this really must have worked better onstage.January 21, 2014
This star-studded loopy melodrama is brash, foul-mouthed, self-consciously offensive, intermittently insightful and has a gaping hole where its heart should be.June 21, 2016
The A-list cast makes it a good watch, and the impressive production design makes for a suitable-enough stage replacement.January 10, 2014
August: Osage County is easier to watch on screen, and maybe for that we should be grateful. But there's also something to be said for sitting shell-shocked afterward, shaken and relieved to be free from witnessing more of this family's downfall.April 08, 2016
This cast and crew is so well suited to bring this story to life that it's nearly serendipitous, and the film will play like catnip to fans of the play.January 21, 2014
A sometimes wickedly funny but ultimately sour, loud, draining tale of one of the most dysfunctional families in modern American drama.November 09, 2014
Sure to be divisive, "August: Osage County" is tenacious and beautifully constructed. Soulful and unafraid to show the gritty and ugly of the American family,