SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

tschnec This movie is a very funny and touching depiction of experiencing a death in a small town. I saw it the first time about six months before my mother died, and laughed until I was in tears, because I had witnessed a lot of what happens in a small town when someone dies. When my mother died, I had to go back to a small town, and sure enough, it was very much like that, complete with people taping their names on the bottoms of his/her casserole dish. I even found myself saying, as people were leaving from dropping off food, "We'll see you at the funeral". In spite of my sadness, that caused me to laugh, because this movie and play tap into everything that, no matter how much we don't want to deal with it, we all eventually have to, and everyone has a few characters in his/her life.I highly recommend this movie, if you want a good laugh. I would also recommend "Kingdom Come".

bob19-3 This movie is hilarious. I KNOW these people. They reminded me of growing up in Tennessee and living in Georgia. Very accurate depiction of the South, which is rare. The women characters are dead-on, especially Beth Grant as Sissy, plus Leslie Jordan as Brother Boy is not to be missed. Olivia Newton-John is great as long as she's singing, but otherwise is the weakest link. It wasn't clear what her character added to the story.Beau Bridges also was not as strong as the rest of the cast. The ending left a lot to be desired, but overall this film was well worth watching, and one you can watch over and over to pick up all the details. If it's true this was shot in just 9 days, then it's nothing short of amazing. At times it really soars, but then it would get really campy with some surprisingly lame moments. Overall it's a great story, a lot of fun while still touching some deep places that will make you cry. A must-see for anyone who grew up south of the Mason-Dixon line, and anyone else who wants to see some great acting.

dcooke1 I think Cipher-J's review -- and some of the others here -- miss the main point. It's not whether you find the movie hilarious or not. I mean, if you're gonna like this movie, I guess you'd better find to be funny. But the real pay-off of this movie is how you grow to like, or at least empathize with, many of the characters. If you find yourself resenting or dismissing this movie as just cheap shots at a bunch of losers, you're missing a whole layer. Maybe you're the loser. You gotta be able to care about these characters. This movie is one of the very best I've seen which collects a crew of oddballs and makes you love them. Think Coen Brothers. Think Rushmore.The crime of it is that the Oscars and Golden Globes don't reward performances like Leslie Jordan's and Beth Grant in this movie.

jlcdean I saw the movie with friends, and immediately went out the next day and bought it. I guess one would have to be raised in the South to appreciate the wonderful writing of Del Shores and his subtle (and not-so-subtle) references to deep-south living. Let's face it, if you live down here, the question is not which side of your family has the crazy people on it, it's which side has the *most* crazy people on it, and I can relate to nearly every character in the movie.And while it makes light of the goings-on of a white-trash family and how they come to terms with the death of their matriarch, the underlying story of Ty coming out to his family is simply precious. Anyone that is battling with the process of coming out and the right way and time to do it should definitely watch the film.