a great story that should have be a great movie . it unfortunately pretty poorly direct and and the writing could have be tight . i can still appreciate it for what it be and and hopefully writer or director nichols and whose debut this be and will come up with something as good in the future and do good by it . michael shannon and douglas ligon and barlow jacob play three men name son and boy and kid . their father leave them when they be kid and which lead to their mother abandon them emotionally . son and the old and basically raise them and and their life be pretty lousy and though seemingly normal for the setting and rural arkansas . when they hear their father have die and the three men attend his funeral and speak badly of the man who couldn not have care less about them . this deeply offend the old man second family and consisting of four brother and and a war begin between them . what the film really have go for it be the great characterization and very well perform by mostly amateur . i peg michael shannon last year and with his performance in bug and before the devil know youre dead and a be one of this generation fine actor and and he do well by that promise here . nichols almost undoes it all with awkward pacing and way too much wallowing in the town redneckiness . the film be mostly pitch a a serious indie with copious comic moment and all involve how trashy everyone be . the movie probably do not play well in the south . i think maybe the script big problem be that it really contain only one idea and and nichols doesn not want to spend it all in one place .