when this film play on television you might want to save about 90 minute of your time and change the channel . there nothing special here that you need to see . story be about two married couple from arkansas who go on a trip together to reno . couple number one be lonnie earl dodd ( billy bob thornton ) who be a car dealer and have problem with his marriage . his wife be darlene ( natasha richardson ) and she have a low self opinion of herself and they haven not be intimate in a long time . lonnie have be sleep with candy ( charlize theron ) who be the wife of his best friend roy kirkendall ( patrick swayze ) . they all drive to reno and the four of them stay in one luxurious suite . roy and candy have be try to have a baby and finally candy discovers that she be pregnant . but roy phone his doctor in arkansas and find out that he sterile . candy and lonnie admit their affair and now the whole trip be in chaos . this film be direct by jordan brady and he make a few other low budget film but this be his first with a cast this impressive . unfortunately brady doesn not show much comedic flair but you can not lay all the blame on him . this script be just not funny and one of the glaring problem be that the character be all write down to a sitcom level . just because theyre all from the south doesn not mean that they have to be naive and idiotic . thornton character doesn not have the sophistication to tip the bellboy more than a dollar . and swayze character be call stupid and dumb by everyone throughout the film and one of the rare good moment come when he ask everyone to lay off of him for at least one day . penelope cruz pop up a a prostitute and it a totally worthless and pointless cameo . she barely speak more than 3 or 4 line . i think she be fulfil an obligation to harvey and bob weinstein who be executive producer for this film . the only person who actually isn not to bad be richardson . we watch her become more confident in herself but this plotline in the film be very obvious and cliche . all of these actor should know good and it hard to figure that they all read the script and like it . it a complete waste of time for these actor but at least they get pay . a for the viewer and your not get pay so skip this one .