Misery loves family.
| Cast |
Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson |
| Director |
John Wells |
| Screenplay | Tracy Letts, from his play |
| Music | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| Cinematography | Adriano Goldman |
| Editing | Stephen Mirrione |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| SA distributor | Ster-Kinekor |
| Made in | 2013 |
| Produced by | The Weinstein Company, Jean Doumanian Productions, Smokehouse Pictures, Battle Mountain Films, Yucaipa Films |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Strong and frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | References |
| Violence | Mild, individually comic, domestic |
| Prejudice | Mild and brief |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic. Apparently some pot smoking - Ed.) |
| Comments | |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
| Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  A seething hothouse of nastiness. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Triestige kragtoer van karakter. | 10 |  |
| Cape Times David Rooney Comedy that corrodes. | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli August: Osage County has a bite and the darkly comedic edge leavens the melodrama to keep it from becoming extreme. | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers | 13 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs I found this to be one of the better films of the year. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 45 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 171 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The sheer amount of acting going on in August: Osage County threatens to overwhelm, but when the actors involved are as talented as Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, it's difficult to complain. | 13 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 25174 Netizens | 15 | |
Average .. 66% | 13 | |