After "Little Miss Sunshine", this is my second movie on dysfunctional families. And boy do I love it! Don't get me wrong now but it is a kindred subject.The powerful star cast was an attraction as well - Merly Streep, Julia Roberts, Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin ... to name only a few.
So what draws the flock to the Weston Family home in Osage County in the sweltering heat of August?
Violet Weston (Meryl Streep) is caustic and mean-spirited blaming it all on a difficult childhood. She is battling mouth cancer and to make matters worse she is getting increasingly dependent on her pain medication with resultant mood-swings and mounting paranoia. Violet is a mother of three daughters two of whom chose to move to other states. When Beverly Weston (Sam Shepard), Violet's husband dies in an accident, the news of his death brings the family together to pay their respects. And so the drama unfolds.
Barbara Weston (Julia Roberts) arrives from Colorado with her estranged husband Bill (Ewan McGregor) and her teenaged daughter Jean (Abigail Breslin). Their lives are barely hanging by a thread and this reunion could be the nail in the coffin of their relationship.
Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) is the daughter who was always around and having always got the raw end of the deal she feels she has earned the right to finally build a life. She has fallen in love with their first cousin Charles Aiken (Benedict Cumberbatch) and has managed to keep it to herself thus far. But one little secret could send her relationships tottering to the edge.
Karen Weston (Juliette Lewis) believes she has finally found love in Steve Heidebrecht (Dermot Mulroney) who is a pot smoker and someone of objectionable character.
As the family gathers around the dinner table and the accusations start flying ...
Here is a pot brimming with unbridled talent waiting to spill over and envelope you in its deep essence. You gotta watch this film and the brilliant performances delivered by some of Hollywood's best.
So what draws the flock to the Weston Family home in Osage County in the sweltering heat of August?
Violet Weston (Meryl Streep) is caustic and mean-spirited blaming it all on a difficult childhood. She is battling mouth cancer and to make matters worse she is getting increasingly dependent on her pain medication with resultant mood-swings and mounting paranoia. Violet is a mother of three daughters two of whom chose to move to other states. When Beverly Weston (Sam Shepard), Violet's husband dies in an accident, the news of his death brings the family together to pay their respects. And so the drama unfolds.
Barbara Weston (Julia Roberts) arrives from Colorado with her estranged husband Bill (Ewan McGregor) and her teenaged daughter Jean (Abigail Breslin). Their lives are barely hanging by a thread and this reunion could be the nail in the coffin of their relationship.
Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) is the daughter who was always around and having always got the raw end of the deal she feels she has earned the right to finally build a life. She has fallen in love with their first cousin Charles Aiken (Benedict Cumberbatch) and has managed to keep it to herself thus far. But one little secret could send her relationships tottering to the edge.
Karen Weston (Juliette Lewis) believes she has finally found love in Steve Heidebrecht (Dermot Mulroney) who is a pot smoker and someone of objectionable character.
Here is a pot brimming with unbridled talent waiting to spill over and envelope you in its deep essence. You gotta watch this film and the brilliant performances delivered by some of Hollywood's best.
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