How did star-director-screenwriter Jeff Daniels ever raise financing for this purported comedy, a testosterone jubilee that first saw light as a play in 1996? Every year, the Soady family congregate at their Michigan cabin to drink beer, swap tall tales and shoot ten-point bucks. Although Papa Albert (Harve Presnell) and his son Remnar (Joey Albright) regularly bring home the venison, Albert's other son, Reuben (Jeff Daniels), is a disgrace to the Soady reputation. This time, however, Reuben's Native American wife, Wolf Moon Dancer (Kimberly Norris Guerrero), fortifies her man with kickapoo joy juice, foolproof "injun" chants and porcupine-urine cologne guaranteed to...
Released:
2002
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
92 mins