A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina. Madeline is a go-getting art gallery owner from Chicago, recently married to George, a near-perfect Southern beau. When Madeline needs to close a deal with a reclusive North Carolina artist, George introduces her to his family: prickly mother Peg, taciturn father Eugene, cranky brother Johnny, and Johnny's pregnant, childlike wife Ashley, who is awe-struck by her glamorous sister-in-law. Madeline's presence exposes the fragile family dynamics as hidden resentments and anxieties surface.
Production Epoch Films;
Cast Names Embeth Davidtz; David Kuhn; Alessandro Nivola; Alicia Van Couvering; Jerry Minor; Matt Besser; Will Oldham; Frank Hoyt Taylor; Scott Wilson; Benjamin McKenzie; Celia Weston; Amy Adams; Bobby Tisdale; Beth Bostic; Joanne Pankow; R. Keith Harris; Kevin Harlow Jasper; Dan McLamb; Jeffrey Dean Foster; Laura Lashley; Tarra Jolly; Jill Wagner; Amy Barefoot; Jamie Castlebury; Carrie Daniel; John A. Van Couvering; Caitlin Van Hecke; Gregory Wagoner; John Eddie McGee; Teresa Fowler; Victoria Houston Jackson; Annette Beatty; Katherine Foster; Tanya Allen; Marvin Alomia; Heidi Andrew; Kristin Antolino; James Austin; Geneva Avarett-Short; Timothy Bane;
Box Office USD 2,678,010
Release Date 2005-01-01 * (Sundance Film Festival) 2005-06-10 (Seattle International Film Festival) 2005-08-03 (New York City, New York) 2005-08-05 (limited)
Genres Comedy; Drama;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for sexual content and language.