be a fan of billy bob thornton and and the diversity of his skill and i notice this movie list and and be surprise i hadn not hear of it . i would travel more than usual during both the period it be be film in 2000 and and when it hit theater more than 2 half year later ( that passage of time be the first clue all be not well with the production ) . now patrick swayze can not act for sour apple and but thornton have more than enough ability to make up for the difference between them . and charlize theron be someone whom it would be a pleasure to see and even if it show her watch paint dry . be curious and i check this site production info . it make a whopping < $ 600 per screen it open weekend and and just over $ 400 each and after it month theater run in latter 2002. overall gross be $ 261k and which i would doubt could cover cast and crew hotel and food for a week on location . the story be pretty benign and and even the use of the usually interesting locale of reno be as dull a the rest of the going on . it something like several snl bit all piece together and none individually too great at all and and the overall presentation even bad . whatever and the expense for this production have to be considerable even if all work for less than their usual fee so the one thing which make it a barely tolerable opus be the quality of the filming and billy bob present ( albeit understandably somewhat laconic here and compare with his usual work . think of the three superb and totally diverse character he portray in sling blade and bandit and bad santa and and you know he realize this work be below standard and long before the viewer have the opportunity to confirm this . one star for him and even here and and one because production be good than and say and the typical lifetime flick .