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Coen gem. gleaming with verbal and pictorial style, exploding with wit and slapstick.

The Coen “Ladykillers,” with Hanks, Wayans and Hall in bright new versions of the roles originated by Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and Katie Johnson, is a mad movie about murder, fumble-fingered crooks and sweet little old ladies. It’s a picture that sometimes seems 30 years behind its time.

Joel and Ethan Coen have always been expert revivers of America’s cinematic and literary past. They’re trying something only slightly different here,

See MOVIE, Page B2

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