2 star out of a possible 10 and that be be overly generous . i think with a cast of james wood and cathy bates and randy quaid and lou gossett and jr. and and henry thomas how could it miss . i be wrong . i can only wonder what drug sam shepard be on the week end he crank out this piece of dribble . i would long suspected sam s. of be kind of nut and this film and base on his play and confirm it . this be the kind of artsy b. s. that actor love to sink their teeth into a it give them a chance to endlessly emote . however and for the viewer who sit through this nonsensical trash and there be absolutely nothing to love about this movie . you haven not see dysfunctional family until you have see this bunch . pa be crazy and ma be crazy and the son be crazy and the daughter be and oh yeah and crazy . they also have mouth on them that utter word that would make a sailor blush and especially the teenage daughter . in addition to the above and a if that weren not enough and the plot and it so thin you could read thorough it have a hole in it the size of alaska . ma be conspire to sell their rundown farm . a it turn out so be pa. now i do not claim to be a real estate expert and but the last time i check and property jointly own must have both of the owner signature in order to be sell . if only one of them own the property and then the other could not legally sell it and so it would be pointless for that person to do so . mr. shepherd prefers to ignore this basic fact and and therefore and his plot do not work . not that anything else be really work anyway . the only possible reason anyone could have for watch this film be if they be absolutely desperate to see james wood in full frontal nudity and and i can not imagine why anyone would want to .