August: Osage County (2013)

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch
as Little Charles Aiken
Abigail Breslin
as Jean Fordham
Julia Roberts
as Barbara Weston
Meryl Streep
as Violet Weston

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Genres & Description

Action Drama

7.2 / 10

Violet Weston (Meryl Streep) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiancé), eldest daughter Barbara (with her separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August.

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Comments on this trailer
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Maria: The Demon Barber of YouTube

A good friend of mine is obsessed with Benedict Cumberbatch and I'm afraid that obsession is passing to me... - @Monday, November 19, 2018 2:36 PM

JotaNSc BR

*Benedict❤* - @Thursday, October 25, 2018 6:38 AM

Dream Cardigan

I didn't really plan on watching the movie just because Cumberbatch was in it. But I wanted to hear him sing that song so I watched his clip. Now I want to watch the movie because of that one line, "I don't understand this meanness" by Chris Cooper. That was such a wonderful clip. - @Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:45 PM

prince mal nkomo

one of the best movies i have ever watched - @Tuesday, August 21, 2018 8:23 AM

Themsbeatlesrock

LMAO This trailer makes this movie seem so cheery - @Monday, August 13, 2018 2:30 AM

AHMED SH

طب اللي جاي من عند نجم لايك😁!!! - @Friday, August 3, 2018 1:27 AM

Lars Nelson

This movie just knocked me down. I can't even grasp how I never heard about it with such a cast. - @Thursday, April 5, 2018 9:42 AM

daz par

So a few years ago we seen this trailer and loved it. But when we seen the movie...it's a real let down. The performances were great but the film (bitchy family members and the kissing cousins ewwwww yukkkkkkkkk no thanks) - @Tuesday, March 13, 2018 5:16 AM

Shubhangi Sinha

I love this movie from the core of my heart - @Monday, March 5, 2018 5:46 PM

Dew Time

This was an amazing film. I saw it two years ago and had completely forgotten the name or what it was about. I posted a very vague description on facebook asking if anyone knew of a family drama involving a mean old lady. Someone guessed it right lol - @Saturday, December 30, 2017 6:04 AM

Kyler Estes

I live in the area. Was interesting watching them film it. - @Thursday, December 7, 2017 3:17 AM

Sinothi Phoswa

what do we call movies like these???? - @Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:21 PM

saveyourselfstayalive

here for benedict cumberbatch tbh - @Saturday, August 5, 2017 4:25 PM

Chastity Creamer

Ivy can do better than Little Charles. He has nothing to offer her. - @Thursday, August 3, 2017 1:37 AM

Dragonflygirl

This is so my family....... - @Saturday, June 10, 2017 3:47 PM

C F

I really liked this movie but this trailer is really misleading bc its definitely NOT a comedy!!! - @Saturday, May 20, 2017 10:40 PM

Mariya Ali

I opened it for Benedict cumberbach but I see very less of him :( - @Wednesday, April 26, 2017 6:25 PM

CoCo18041998

Music please? (I'm talking about the instrumental part in the beginning of the trailer) - @Saturday, April 15, 2017 10:34 AM

Chastity Creamer

They make the family in Terms Of Endearment seem like The Brady Bunch. - @Sunday, April 9, 2017 6:38 PM

Emmie Black

this movie is ligit the story of my mf life😂🙃.... - @Sunday, March 12, 2017 11:36 AM

Mrs Me Mrs Me

I watch this trailer when i feel i'm going to murder my family , and it make me feel better everytime - @Saturday, March 11, 2017 10:04 PM

GrayMatter 1040

KOL - @Monday, February 13, 2017 5:39 AM

Skyler White

favourite movie. Just brilliant and incredible actors. And a great example of a clasic borderline personality disorder. - @Sunday, February 12, 2017 2:22 AM

Duke J

Yes this movie is amazing, a show of great film making. Now, I knew it even after initial five minutes of film introducing Sam Shepard and Meryl Streep and Misty Upham. Whata an ensemble of 5 minutes of perfect acting! Really, stunning. And just one day ago I also watched Mr. Holmes with Ian McKellen and The girl on the train with Emily Blunt. All great actors the people I mentioned, buuuuut unlike John Wells, the other 2 directors simply ruined the movies and the great McKellan and Blunt couldn't save them even though their performances were fabulous. So, you cna have a dream team performing, and still if the coach cusck the result sucks bigtime. Bravo, John Wells. - @Saturday, January 7, 2017 10:45 AM

Melinda Simmons

the trailer gives the movie no credit, watch the movie because it really highlights the troubles a family goes through - @Sunday, January 1, 2017 2:40 PM

Krxve

what song is that though? - @Friday, December 9, 2016 8:45 PM

Rhya Weeks

This movie was simply AMAZING. Outstanding performances throughout the movie. Those expecting a happy ending, get it out ya head - @Wednesday, December 7, 2016 4:24 PM

hafiz wants to die

this movie is so heartbreaking - @Sunday, November 6, 2016 1:34 AM

Azizul Hakim

even the three siblings' names are similar, Julia, Juliette and Julianne - @Saturday, August 13, 2016 8:47 PM

shaikha almeer

such an amazing movie but not for people who dislike drama. - @Tuesday, July 5, 2016 2:59 AM

E Weber

I hate julia roberts and Meryl streep,this movie is like a nightmare made reality - @Tuesday, June 7, 2016 1:01 AM

Ioannis Stephanides

Damn I cried too much on this movie! Stupid me that I was expecting a happy ending ;( But why so much sadness in this movie? SPOILER ALERT: The mother stays alone all her daughters go away from her with anger! Can someone tell me something to make my day?Cant stop thinking about it. - @Friday, April 29, 2016 8:54 PM

Zen Vivanco

Okay, why does this trailer depict this movie as a comedy? It is a serious, heartbreaking movie. Liked it a lot and have never seen a better performance by Meryl Streep ( I haven't seen a lot of her films though) - @Thursday, April 14, 2016 5:21 AM

Will F.

Great movie if you enjoy strong acting. Excellent cast. This was based off the Pulitzer winning play of the same name. Definitely not a 'happy' movie, though. - @Monday, April 11, 2016 2:05 PM

OzzyTheCool

My girlfriend lives in the house at 0:28. Like, not even joking xD - @Friday, April 8, 2016 1:32 PM

Xavier Alexandre

I really enjoyed this movie! What a remarkable film. This is what real drama supposed to look like. I did not find this film boring, but fascinating to watch a dysfunctional family going through such a terrible dramatic tragedy. And worst of all what kind of secrets they've kept from each other. I'm a little disappointed it didn't win an Oscar. Anywho, this is definitely one of my all time favorite films. - @Monday, March 7, 2016 9:41 AM

Emilie Sofia

People with no family issues will probably find this movie boring... But we who can recognize and realte to it seek great comfort in it. It makes us feel like we're not the only ones.. And that's why it's such a great movie. Real and complicated - @Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:32 PM

Misadventures with angry alcoholics, bullies, narcissists

One of the best depictions I have seen yet of a toxic, abusive, substance addicted family. Some families are actually worse than this, yes worse. The sibling relationships were actually "better" in this movie than many sibling relationships in these kinds of families are. This is because parents who are abusive active alcoholics and abusive substance addicted often scapegoat one child (i.e. use the child as the family punching bag). Once the child leaves (sometimes for good), then the child is replaced by another sibling as the new scapegoat. The siblings then resent each other so much, they can barely speak to each other. Substance addicted and abusive families also have terrible secrets that they bring out during traumatic times (adding to an already devastating situation to increase shock and drama). The dinner table scenes were accurate. Chiding a child for being a vegetarian (the child is vegetarian for empathetic reasons) is very accurate too. I have seen it. Empathy is looked at as a weakness in abusive families and empathetic members are used as a laughing stock and derided in this way. A number of the commentators on this movie deride it as a bullying, narcissistic, blaming miserable movie -- no, it isn't the movie's fault, or the director's fault: it is just trying to show as accurately as possible how these families are. For those survivors of families like this, it is a beginning of a long discussion. If you are a survivor you will be able to relate to it. If you are not a survivor, you will shake your head and wonder why the world needs to see this. But many don't want to see slavery, or southern lynchings, or the Native American genocide -- but being aware has made the world a better world. This movie can do the same. - @Sunday, January 17, 2016 4:01 PM

Lisa Sc

I watched this movie 1-2 months ago and this is a very entertaining movie! It has an all star cast with one of my top favorite actresses Meryl Streep and also stars other favorites of mine Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts and Juliette Lewis! It gives you a good example of what a dysfunctional family is like. I can really relate. - @Friday, January 15, 2016 4:11 AM

mario laliberte

Seen this movie 6 times! I'm totally obsessed with it! Simply brilliant! - @Friday, January 1, 2016 5:37 PM

anthony fubelli

brilliant movie - @Monday, December 28, 2015 9:47 AM

la video gopro du jour

'Is anybody s'pposed to smoke?' - @Saturday, December 5, 2015 6:42 PM

Renata Pedro

I am in love with this movie, it had me crying like a baby! Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts are incredible actresses, its unbelievable! amazing casting <3 - @Monday, November 9, 2015 9:42 PM

hussein ali

Is it worth to watch? - @Thursday, October 22, 2015 5:24 AM

Julia H

quite a depressing movie but also a good and deep one, i recommend it fully. - @Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:20 PM

unclerainey

The Edward Sharpe song made me want to see this movie. - @Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:20 AM

Nick Jasper

Jesus. This looks DEPRESSING - A suicide - dysfunctional family that fights - a funeral... I'll pass. - @Thursday, October 15, 2015 4:23 AM

Sara Baker

I just recently saw this play and absolutely fell in love with it! I have not seen the movie before, and from what I've heard from friends is that the play is 10X better than the movie! - @Sunday, October 4, 2015 6:11 PM

Herbert Smith

Seems to be a movie you either really like or hate. I liked it a lot. - @Sunday, September 20, 2015 5:47 PM

MakingAmerica GreatAgain

If you hate southerners, you'll hate this movie. If you expect a happy ending or else it wasn't a good movie to you, then this won't be a good movie to you. If you are looking for someone who was not very likable in the beginning of the movie to be redeemed into someone more considerate and likable to others during this movie, you won't find that in this movie. This movie received 64% on Rotten Tomatoes. Other top movies that came out in 2013 were Gravity(97%) astronaut woman makes it back to Earth ok(hooray), 12 Years a Slave(96%) black man mistaken for slave gets freedom after 12 years(hooray), Before Midnight(98%) Couple almost splits up but decides not to(hooray)..the list of the 90% ALL have happy endings and most have great people with altruistic motives loving others more than themselves. I believe that's one of the reasons this film didn't get nominated, everyone wants a bad situation turned into a good job happy ending pat on the back. I, like the silent majority, thought this film was better than all the others nominated. It was real. It threw all of life's stresses out on a table and watched people eat and deal with it. Death,disease,divorce,drugs..you name it, it's got it..the same stuff familes deal with all across America. That's what I liked about it most, it was very American and very true to life, the life we know, not the life we want to know. - @Monday, August 24, 2015 9:27 AM