Coen Brothers The Ladykillers Newsnight Review

[DeepEye1994]

I love the remake. It's one of my favorite movies. Yeah go ahead, sue me.

[kevinkards]

this film is crap

[KapStuf]

This was a date movie for me. It scuppered the date.

It could have been an interesting new take on the old film, or a decent film of its own, but it's neither. It's just...a juvenile idea of what a clever social comment might be.

But it's still smarter than Tom Paulin.

[Filmzie]

No, it's a shit remake of a great film that shouldn't have gone to america.

[legunncat]

Dilettantes, the lot of them.

[omolawton]

Its a shit film

[Hyman74Roth]

This Tom Paulin is the kind of guy that you see in a Monty Python skit...unreal! On the plus side that Julie woman is rather hot and I agree with her about the film even though I thought the film was funny, but I prefer the classic 1955 version.

[Shnufkin]

Get your rat out Julie!

[jc7622]

These people are pinheads. As an American from the south I am continually amazed at how well the Coens do at nailing personalities and all the things that I take for granted every day. This movie is great. People from another country just aren't going to get most of the subtle humor

[ludocrat]

@jc7622

I think the critics here (in what you call 'another country') are a bit miffed that a remake was made of a classic British comedy at all. It's like sacrilege.

Mind you, a lot of of them probably haven't seen either one of them. I have seen both, the original many times. As a remake the Hanks film is appalling, but on its own it's quite good. You might want to watch the original but I suspect you would not understand its subtle humour. People from another country generally don't. Oh!

[stcolreplover]

love kermode

[southerndandy89]

you brought your bitch... to the waffle house? the man brought his bitch to the waffle house

[deco7869]

Its really good how reserved Mark is until he goes on a rant! Original rules!

[BlackpeopleLOL]

The Coens are extremely overrated hacks.

[jazz4]

overrated? no way, no country is overrated, not them.

[zzxzqwq]

Paulin is an evil creep.

[sirlordcomic]

I love Tom Paulin

[smurfieboo]

tom paulin's neck mannerisms are timothy traddle-esque

[MrMontagne]

Tom Paulin is a hopeless pseudo-intellectual.

Mark Kermode actually knows what he's talking about.

[DanielMumby]

Exactly. You can't claim to like a film simply because of a running joke about Bob Jones University

[cancerparty]

Look, I can hypothesise that the goings on in the pub in Eastenders is an analogy of Socratic debate in ancient Greece, and that would make it really hilarious and fun. But I know it's not, and therefore a piece of shit.

Film is open to interpretation, but I Tom Paulin's got ahead of himself here, I think.

[fredgrumby]

These people are bastards and don't know what they are talking about.

[dconapc2]

These people are stupid and annoying.

[TulseLuper]

Tom Pauline... Where is he getting this crap from? The only thing I agree with is the Bob Jones University joke. The Coen Brothers are extraordinary filmmakers but this was a HUGE misfire. They missed every joke that made the original so funny. Always rely on Mark Kermode.

[swanfightsarefun]

They seem to able to let each other speak here. Newsnight Review these days is just them all talking over other, making a racket.

[KNOWYOUNOW]

Tom Paulin is a shite.

[glenbulb2]

you are dead right there.

[smithhedgehog]

tom pauline is an idiot---ive heard it on a good source: not a nice man.

[pichonlalande86]

Mark Lawson is such a Billy Bunter-esque overgrown speccy schoolboy, but am I the only person who loves that cuddly curmudgeon Tom Paulin, I love how he deliberately opposes every other opinion.

[MaxReinsch]

This film was brilliant. Very very funny. I have no idea why it's not rated much higher.

[rherrick123]

Because it's no where near as good as the original...

[MaxReinsch]

boohooo. It was still a very funny film in its own right.

[rherrick123]

Please watch the original, it's a real classic of comedy.

And as Kermode so rightly said, the remake isn't subtle in any way.

[manputer]

I love the Coens. I love Mark's look while waiting to speak. I don't care for the movie at all.

[delbongo]

Tom Paulin is insane