Daddy and Them

• 5.5 Drama
• 2001-10-26
• 101 minutes mins

Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.

Starring:

Billy Bob Thornton (Claude Montgomery) Laura Dern (Ruby Montgomery) Brenda Blethyn (Julia Montgomery) Andy Griffith (O.T. Montgomery) Diane Ladd (Jewel) Kelly Preston (Rose) Jim Varney (Hazel Montgomery) John Prine (Alvin Montgomery) Walton Goggins (Tommy Christian) Tuesday Knight (Billy Montgomery)

Director:

Billy Bob Thornton

Writer:

Billy Bob Thornton