August: Osage County

— “August: Osage County” held no surprises. It’s an excellent stage play given an excellent cast, but not really handled well as a film. The dialogue and dysfunction make it easy to see why the play was a Pulitzer Prize winner. It’s dark and funny, and Streep and Roberts are incredible—along with almost everyone else—but this is a play, not a movie. Whether it is a glimpse of our nation in decline or just of one family shrieking and loathing, if you like the theater, it is worth seeing.

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[2013. 121 min. Directed by John Wells. Written by Tracy Letts. Starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, and Julianne Nicholson.]
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