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Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Absolutely brilliant

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

I followed Billy Bob Thornton through his career as an actor and to me he stands out - whether you like his acting or not! I always injoyed most of the characters he portrayed.Also this movie from 2001 stands out to me. A Movie he both wrote and directed. So if you are a Billy Bob Thornton fan it is a must see!The first thing I noticed was the characteristic humor in the movie. You cannot label a certain humor. Your either like it or you dont. I simply loved the humor in this movie and the strange family characters its portraying. It is outstanding! Truely hilarious!The ongoing theme of the movie is the love life of the to lead characters, Claude and Ruby, played by Billy Bob and Laura Dern, and their struggle with the green monster: jealousy - which must have been an issue to Billy Bob Thornton himself in his personal life I reckon - as it is to most people living in a relationship.Billy Bob Thornton has done a fine job directing and writing this movie. And as always - he playes it very, very convincing - and different than most.So why should you watch this movie? - Simply because you have to! Its to funny, fine and different to miss out on!

Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton has wrote, directed and acted in this ensemble cast about dysfunctional family in Arkansas. His wife's uncle Hazel is charged with attempted murder. Hazel is played by the late Jim Varney (Ernest). Varney is completely different here. Andy Griffith plays the family patriarch. Laura Dern plays Ruby, Claude's wife. Her real life mother Diane Ladd plays her on screen mother. Brenda Blethyn OBE plays a British psychologist married into the family. Jamie Lee Curtis and Ben Affleck plays mismatched couple of attorneys. I believe Blethyn had the best scenes of all. After watching Sling Blade, I could see Billy Bob's genius as actor, director, and screenwriter. This film is more light hearted than Sling Blade. The film has some problems but it's fairly enjoyable.

I bought a copy of this movie, as I have with every B.B.T. movie I could find. I love it. I wasn't even aware of all the big name talents who were a part of this picture, but was very happily surprised to see the character "Alvin," who I kept thinking, "Wow, that looks like John Prine, he even sounds like John Prine." Then to find out it was him, that was a thrill. I have watched this film several times and it seems like each time I do, I catch a line that I didn't manage to hear on the first viewing. There's a lot of that going on here. My favourite scene has to be the liquor store trip, done in slo-mo to the tune of "Ghost Riders In The Sky." Brilliantly funny. I laughed my face off throughout this movie. One of my favourites. I don't know why it didn't fare better. Probably because of the dumbing down of America (and Canada as well.) The humour would go right over a lot of heads.

Interesting thing about this movie is the responses from Southerners. That should be an indication that Southerners (the white ones at least) are very desperate for any authentic representation from Hollywood. Personally, I found the stereotypes offensive. I'm not white, but I have roots and went to college in the South (one of my best friends was from Little Rock, the accents were indeed well done) and personally can't stand the "white trash" stereotype. No person is "trash" or should be looked down on because of their accent or perceived class. Unfortunately, Daddy and Them fails to rise above these characterizations.There are some "Southern" gags that are pretty funny, like jokes about Pet Milk, Methodists, and conspicuous use of matches while taking a dump. The old evangelical Doris Akers tune, "There's A Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place" as picked out on a mandolin at the end was a nice touch. And if you don't have roots in the South, the title itself "Daddy and Them" won't, well, make a lick of sense. I wish they would have included more southern phrases. The "musician" angle also completely disappears into nowhere.But if you want to watch chronically dissatisfied married people yell and scream at each other for 2 hours straight over ancient history, or believe jealousy to be a virtue, or enjoy adoring XCUs of Laura Dern's big ol' head, this is the film for you. I really got what I deserved with this movie. Can't stand Laura Dern, can't stand BBT, only bought it because Jamie Lee Curtis is in it, reasons why still to be determined. After viewing, the first two conditions still stand. That's what I get, I suppose.Recommendation: avoid unless you are a BBT completist.