Daddy and Them

“It's hard to stand by your man... when your sister's sitting in his lap.”

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.

Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Screenplay

Billy Bob Thornton

Music

Marty Stuart

Status

Released

Release date

26/10/2001

Original language

English

Budget

US$ 4 M

Box office

US$ 0 M