August: Osage County (2013)

Directed by

John Wells

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 1,598 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dysfunctional family reunites at their Oklahoma home after their father disappears. Old tensions and secrets explode over a long, fraught dinner.

darkly comictenseemotionally rawclaustrophobicbleakcerebralslow-burnfamily drama

What happens

August: Osage County is a 2013 American tragicomedy film directed by John Wells and adapted by Tracy Letts from his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2007 play. The film was produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian, and Steve Traxler. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, and Misty Upham as a dysfunctional family that reunites at the family home when their patriarch (Sam Shepard) suddenly disappears. August: Osage County premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2013, and was released in North America on December 27, 2013, by the Weinstein Company. A modest commercial success, the film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. While much praise was given to the cast, the screenplay was praised by some and seen by others as too dark and lacking in humor. For their performances in the film, Streep and Roberts received Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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