Daddy & Them

We watched the DVD "Daddy & Them." It was written, directed and starred Billy Bob Thornton. It had some really funny parts. A very dysfunctional family.

Synopsis

Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed, and starred in this serio-comic look at the trials of an eccentric Alabama family. Struggling musician Claude (Billy Bob Thornton) and his wife Ruby (Laura Dern) get the news that Claude's uncle Hazel (Jim Varney) has been accused of murder and is in jail awaiting trial. Claude and Ruby head for the Alabama town where they grew up, and, before long, there's a friendly and sometimes not-so-friendly war of words among the factions of the family, including Claude's mother Jewel (Diane Ladd), father O.T. (Andy Griffith), and sister Rose (Kelly Preston). The supporting cast includes Jamie Lee Curtis and Ben Affleck as a pair of married attorneys.