Years ago, Naomi Caldwell divorced her husband and left her family in Alabama to go to England. There she remarried and stayed. Now that she died the two families meet up for the first time in Naomi's native Alabama, where she is to be buried.
Both, the Caldwells and the English Bedfords have unresolved family issues that break open over the few days they spend under the same roof. But there is also some healing involved for some of the family members. The two husbands of Naomi first bond over a visit to the (alleged) car that Jayne Mansfield died in, the two Bedford siblings, Phillip and Camilla, take up with Donna and Skip Caldwell, respectively, Carroll Caldwell reconnects with his estranged father over a letter he wrote him many years ago that the old man has never acknowledged but has been carrying around in his pocket for the longest time.
There is one particularly touching scene, when Skip tells Camilla about the injuries he suffered while flying a military plane in WWII.
Billy Bob Thornton directed this one. I have previously seen and liked his Sling Blade and this is the second of his that I have watched.
6/10
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