Rotten
A sometimes wickedly funny but ultimately sour, loud, draining tale of one of the most dysfunctional families in modern American drama.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Overview
An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.
Director and cast
- John Wells Director
- Meryl Streep as Violet Weston
- Julia Roberts as Barbara Weston
- Chris Cooper as Charles Aiken
- Ewan McGregor as Bill Fordham
- Margo Martindale as Mattie Fae Aiken
- Sam Shepard as Beverly Weston
- Dermot Mulroney as Steve Huberbrecht
- Julianne Nicholson as Ivy Weston
- Juliette Lewis as Karen Weston
- Abigail Breslin as Jean Fordham
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This star-studded loopy melodrama is brash, foul-mouthed, self-consciously offensive, intermittently insightful and has a gaping hole where its heart should be.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Fresh
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.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
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.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Rotten
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.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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