
101 minutes
10/26/2001
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.

Billy Bob Thornton
as Claude Montgomery

Laura Dern
as Ruby Montgomery

Brenda Blethyn
as Julia Montgomery

Andy Griffith
as O.T. Montgomery

Diane Ladd
as Jewel

Kelly Preston
as Rose

Jim Varney
as Hazel Montgomery

John Prine
as Alvin Montgomery

Walton Goggins
as Tommy Christian

Tuesday Knight
as Billy Montgomery

Sandra Seacat
as Elbe Montgomery
Jeff Bailey
as J.C. Montgomery
Daniel Steven DiVito
as Max

Jamie Lee Curtis
as Elaine Bowen

Ben Affleck
as Lawrence Bowen
James Michael Andrews
as Man in Wheelchair
Claire Basham
as Claude's Little Girl
Logan Carelock
as Claude's Little Boy #1
Richard Crowe
as Wiry Guy
Susan Carol Davis
as Tommy Christian's Lawyer
Thomas Chander Duke
as Claude's Little Boy #2

Chris Ellis
as Dewey
Wayne Emmons
as Judge
Becky Fly
as Vangie

Amanda Foreman
as Liquor Store Girl #1

Tamara Glynn
as Tammy the Paramedic
Benjamin Greene Jr.
as Bailiff

Bellina Logan
as Liquor Store Girl #2
Brent Douglass Lynn
as Court House Guard
Joe McCrackin
as Hazel's New Lawyer
Kenneth McDougal
as Large Cowboy

Ritchie Montgomery
as Preacher
Don Taylor
as Sheriff
Harry Thomason
as Other Guard
Daniel Treat
as Little Ricky