August: Osage County
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Synopsis
August: Osage County is a 2013 American black comedy-drama film written by Tracy Letts The film tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Wikipedia
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August: Osage County Reviews
5
Finally, despite the superb acting, ‘August : Osage County’ feels becalmed. The heat rises from the ground, but doesn’t really reach us.
6
While August Osage County starts off by giving you a small lump in the throat, it leaves one wondering in the end if you sympathise less with human failings when they are up in your face screaming for attention.
8
The film is full of angry exchanges and confrontations, mostly between the drugged-up Violet and Barbara, who gives as good as she gets. At regular intervals, various crazy secrets of the family emerge. Streep stands out as the unbalanced matriarch. Roberts too is someone to watch out for. In fact, there's not one weak link in the portrayals of this train-wreck of a family.
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Wells’ translation is not gratifying because he does not explore the elasticity and scope of cinema—telling much more than he shows. The film’s narrow intensity does not make it profound either.
