August: Osage County

Nominee
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Academy Awards
Nominee
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Academy Awards
An entertaining adaptation, delivering flavorful rewards in some sharp supporting turns that flank the central mother-daughter adversaries.

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August: Osage County

Tracy Letts’s 2008 Pulitzer-winning play, centered on the conflict between a sharp-tongued Oklahoma matriarch (Meryl Streep) and her equally strong-willed daughter (Julia Roberts), as filmed by the television auteur John Wells. With Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis, Julianne Nicholson, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin and Dermot Mulroney.

An Oscar nominee for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.

A Golden Globe nominee for Best Actress (Streep) and Supporting Actress (Roberts).
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Runtime
130
Language
English
Director
John Wells
Cast
Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Sam Shepard, Abigail Brslin, Benedit Cumberbatch, Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson
Awards:
Nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Academy Awards
FEATURED REVIEW
Scott Foundas, Variety

There are no surprises — just lots of good, old-fashioned scenery chewing — in “August: Osage County,” director John Wells’ splendid film version of playwright Tracy Letts’ acid-tongued Broadway triumph about three generations in a large and highly dysfunctional Oklahoma family. Arriving onscreen ...

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