As quickly as death can bring people together, it can split them apart. August: Osage County, the filmed adaptation of writer Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, captures that fission. Letts' and director John Wells wrangle an ensemble of highly charged characters, zip them through the dramatic equivalent of the Large Hadron Collider, and roll camera on the collision.
In a way, they're playing God; though toxic families exist out there in the natural world, the Westons feel manufactured, spouts of depression, anger, regret, and torment feeling clinical and anticipated. Still, when the base elements consist of Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, and Margot Martindale, a spark is inevitable. August: Osage County is a failed experiment with sporadic reactions worth witnessing.
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