August: Osage County

About August: Osage County

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

August: Osage County (2013) is a comedy film directed by John Wells. Its themes are dysfunctional family, cancer, drug addiction, and funeral.

Meryl Streep appears as Violet Weston, Julia Roberts as Barbara Weston, Julianne Nicholson as Ivy Weston, and Juliette Lewis as Karen Weston. At 121 minutes long, it arrived in December 2013.

The screenplay is by Tracy Letts. It comes from Smokehouse Pictures and The Weinstein Company. The story is adapted from a stage production. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Howdy Amazon Channel.

Steel Magnolias, Smile 2, and First Reformed make useful companions to August: Osage County, all filed under mother daughter relationship and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 1,624 votes and it carries a R rating.