Daddy & Them
by Billy Bob Thornton
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Actor: Andy Griffith, Billy Bob Thornton, Diane Ladd, Kelly Preston, Laura DernDirector: Billy Bob Thornton
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Writer: Billy Bob Thornton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Daddy & Them
DVD Review: For Billy Bob,Laura Dern, and John Prine fans
Summary: 5 Stars
It's too bad movies like this fly under the Oscar radar. It is advised for aspiring writers to write about what they know. It would not be right for, say, a-save-your- -confederate-money-boys type to write/direct a movie about decaying urban hip hop types. We do have such movies, and they make a lot of money, too.
Many of us who collect movies, zero in on the stars that consistently produce bona fide literary pieces, like this one ~ coupled with superlative cinematographic artistry-and excellent sound track, I must add. Brilliant choice: to include John Prine in this movie. He is a master at striking chords with a broad spectrum of 'real people'. John actually not only has written a hit one can still hear played on one's "Local Raydio" ( still in 2011 ). John said in his fabulous DVD with Iris DeMent, that the song he wrote for Billy's movie is "loosely based" on the characters....wellllll! ( smile ) John captured the gist of this movie triumphantly.
It is said that True Art is that which accurately reflects its era. "Daddy and Them" is a sterling masterpiece of this genre. This dysfunctional family, replete with room temerature I.Q's, manages to be both laughable and poignant at the same time. We see the boys take their "list" to the liquor store, where they stock up with some five carboard boxes full of liquor bottles. Yet drunkeness is not really portrayed, or that is, our faces rubbed in it~ except for the 'accident scene', which will stick with you forever also. The story remains focused on the stunning, magnificently endearing performance of Billy playing "Claude", and Laura Dern playing his wife, Ruby. They are both insanely jealous of each other's "lovers of the past", and this dynamic repeatedly explodes in a kind of comical roller coaster ride ~ interspersed with a mighty powerful tug at your heart, and moistening of your eyes, whorl-pool tenderness in the form of this interminable, unbridled passion they have for one another.
John Prine sings it accurately, ( she ) "He ain't been laid in a month of Sundays, once I caught him.. sniffin' my undies"..and...( he ) "She thinks all my jokes are corny, convict movies make her all horny". You get the picture , in this magical 'picture show'.
I have to compliment the casting as flawless. There is a vivid character,Tommy, played by Walton Goggins. ( appeared in Robert Duvall's masterpiece, "The Apostle" ) In this movie he plays a hyperactive, high functioning developmentally challenged pip squeak who charges Jim Varney with "attempted murder". Jim Varney we recall, played the annoying "Earnest" , and sadly has passed away - movie dedicated to him. Jim plays a totally different character, playing the jailbird type wonderfully. Jim Varney, playing Uncle Hazel, is "legally defended" by the winners of the mismatched couple of the decade (...by who IS that?...Jamie Lee Curtis ! and Ben Affleck! )...which ought to cause anyone charged with a serious crime, defended by these attorneys, to break out in a cold sweat.
And who will ever forget Andy Griffith's portrayal of "Daddy"? There is a scene with a fellow ~ beautifully cast, as so typical of a sweet southern boy, whose wife had shot him and left him in a wheel chair. His name is James Michael Andrew. James' conversation with Andy Griffith outside the courtroom will stick with you forever, just as Walton Goggins' acting job will.
It seems the 'little vignettes', like these are so critical to a successful movie. Another critical role is played by Brenda Blethyn, the 'foreigner from England' who adds no small amusement as the 'psychologist who married our jailbird', Jim Varney. It is she who takes it upon herself to point out that no one in the family actually makes a statement, and gets a relevant reply. They all just talk past each other. John Prine plays a pivotal role that just might keep this family from flying apart at the seams.."In Spite of Their-selves"....MAYBE . That's all I can say.I trust I whetted your appetite.
This is definitely one for your permanent collection. I will never part with this one, just as I wouldn't part with Billy Bob in "The Man Who Wasn't There". Another of Billy's masterpieces totally overlooked by the gliteratti of Hollywood.
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