It's hard to believe the same Billy Bob Thornton who wrote and directed SLING BLADE (1996) also penned this cheesy slice of Southern discomfort. Hot-tempered Ruby (Laura Dern) suspects the worst of her husband, Claude Montgomery (Billy Bob Thornton), especially when he's around her sister, Rose (Kelly Preston), who used to be his girlfriend. Skinny Claude, meanwhile, feels that he can't measure up to Ruby's fantasies of muscular dreamboats. But before the couple can head for divorce court, they must put their incompatibility on hold and address a more pressing crisis in Arkansas: Claude's favorite uncle, Hazel (Jim Varney), is awaiting trial on attempted murder charg...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
102 mins