Rating: 
Summary: WORST of Billy Bob,
Review: Believe me, I wanted to like this movie - my expectations were sky high.
This, the follow-up to my all time favorite film, Sling Blade, that almost never saw the light of day.
After suffering through "Daddy and Them," I understand why.
I really would have rather never even seen it. That's just how horrible it is.
I guess even a Southern Gothic genius can phone it in, and that is just what I feel that Billy Bob Thornton did in "Daddy and Them."
I was saddened and thoroughly disappointed in this waste of time, talent and film. MMMM HMMM.
Rating: 
Summary: Humorous Southern Style Soap Opera
Review: For fans of Billy Bob Thornton, this is a great film, because he gets a lot of screen time. After all he wrote the screenplay. There is a shot of him in cut-off jeans with no shirt and a little further into the movie he wakes up with a shirt on, but with his bluejeans (full-length jeans) down to the top of his, what else?, cowboy boots, and later still we get to visit him in the bathroom where he is wearing a shirt, and well....a magazine. Those are the highlights of his wardrobe as I recall them, keeping in mind a lot of discussions with Laura Dern (wife Ruby in the film) took place before going to sleep..don't know what he wearing below the chest, but mostly he didn't sleep with his shirt on. But enough about Billy Bob's wardrobe, down to the film now; be prepared to laugh when you get to see 'Daddy & Them". Especially if you happen to be from the south. You are going to feel right at home among the Montgomery family.
The script is cute and touching and it made me laugh out loud lots of times... I haven't done that in a movie for a long time. Being a southern girl by birth, I could readily relate to the communication problems this family was facing.
I like the way Thornton thinks, writes, and acts. He's a keeper for his talent, no doubt about it.
This is the story of a dysfunctional southern family with a lot of personal history.
Claude Montgomery (Billy Bob) now married to Ruby (Laura Dern - Billy Bob's ex-girlfriend), once dated her sister Rose (Kelly Preston - Mrs. John Travolta). Claude and Ruby, accompanied by sister Rose and Claude's mother-in-law, Jewel (Diana Ladd) go home to help out Claude's bother, Alvin (John Prine) and the family patriarch, O.T. (Andy Griffith) when O.T.'s brother Hazel (the late Jim Varney) gets arrested. O.T. unfortunately suffers from attacks of dementia and has a difficult time recalling exactly which sister Claude married. Ben Affleck and Jamie Lee Curtis appear as married lawyers hired by the Montgomery family.
All this sudden southern togetherness erupts in confusion, discussion, memories, and changes.
There is an accident scene that is very, very funny. Good ole boy Claude, as portrayed by Billy Bob, is really a romantic guy at heart. The dual-dueling-jealous competitions between Claude and Ruby are priceless.
I wished the font on the credits has been easier to read. Still the credits are well worth watching in order to hear the John Prine song, "In Spite of Ourselves" being sung over the credits. It's great!
So was the film, if you like to laugh and aren't expecting an Oscar caliber film. You will have double the pleasure if you happen to be southern.
Rating:
Summary: Originally funny!
Review: I gave this movie four stars because I laughed almost throughout. When I sit down to watch a comedy, I don't care about plot so much as I care about being entertained in an original way. Daddy & Them is funny because it echoes real life... not my life, but some people I've had the misfortune of getting trapped next to for seemingly unending periods. This movie has some of the most stupid conversation I've ever heard, played with flawlessly straight faces - and that's what's funny. I wish I could go over all the wonderfully funny parts, but that would spoil it for you :). It's definitely worth at least one viewing. I'm adding it to my DVD collection.
Rating:
Summary: Originally funny!
Review: I gave this movie four stars because I laughed almost throughout. When I sit down to watch a comedy, I don't care about plot so much as I care about being entertained in an original way. Daddy & Them is funny because it echoes real life... not my life, but some people I've had the misfortune of getting trapped next to for seemingly unending periods. This movie has some of the most stupid conversation I've ever heard, played with flawlessly straight faces - and that's what's funny. I wish I could go over all the wonderfully funny parts, but that would spoil it for you :). It's definitely worth at least one viewing. I'm adding it to my DVD collection.
Rating:
Summary: Originally funny!
Review: I gave this movie four stars because I laughed almost throughout. When I sit down to watch a comedy, I don't care about plot so much as I care about being entertained in an original way. Daddy & Them is funny because it echoes real life... not my life, but some people I've had the misfortune of getting trapped next to for seemingly unending periods. This movie has some of the most stupid conversation I've ever heard, played with flawlessly straight faces - and that's what's funny. I wish I could go over all the wonderfully funny parts, but that would spoil it for you :). It's definitely worth at least one viewing. I'm adding it to my DVD collection.
Rating:
Summary: Havn't seen it, like the music
Review: I guess I'm a little late, but what the hell. A few days ago I came across a video tape in an old box. A John Prine special on PBS. Pretty good. Prine talked about the movie,(and the soundtrack of course) in an interveiw, and I remember wondering what happened to it. Anyway, the movie might be good or bad, but the music is worth a listen. I'm not a big country music fan, but Prines' stuff is smart and funny.
Rating:
Summary: a finely crafted southern movie
Review: I had been wondering if this would ever be released,and thankfully it happened.I don't know how Billy Bob Thorton assembled this great cast, but it was quite a feat to have this many greats on a picture.John Prine was a real treat in his first acting debut, and It's the last wink from Jim Varney you'll get to see.This picture is a hilarious look at things southern that will make you take note of simpler places in life and re-acess whats important in our everyday worlds.
Rating:
Summary: If you're looking for laughs, give it a try.
Review: I watched this film when it appeared on TV, with NO expectations, since I'd never heard of it. (It had a miminal theatrical release, mainly in a few film festivals where it won some rave reviews and high rankings in the audience-favorite votes.) Actually, I had negative expectations since Showtime's description made it sound like yet another "Hollywood Makes Fun of Hillbillies" movie. But I thought the cast listing made it worth a try, and I ended up laughing out loud repeatedly while watching it. I taped it and hesitantly showed it to a group of friends, all very sensitive to hillbilly stereotyping -- they all loved it. It's quirky enough that you'll probably love it or hate it, but I bought the DVD as soon as it was released, and plan on buying several more as gifts. Granted, it's not Shakespeare, but it has a wonderful set of characters, all very well acted, and just enough of a plot to let them shine. If you're looking for laughs, give it a try. And, as another reviewer noted, be sure to catch John Prine's song, "In Spite of Ourselves," during the credits at the end. It's such a hoot that I bought the Prine album on which it appears, even though I generally hate country music and it's a country album.
Rating: 
Summary: Best of Billy Bob
Review: Let me write this first...I love Billy Bob Thornton and his style of writing, directing and acting...with that said...
Welcome to the heartland and hang on for a funny and delightful ride in this movie. I actually know a few people like Claude and Ruby...both Billy Bob and Laura Dern played these characters to the hilt. This is honestly a GOOD and funny movie.
Rating:
Summary: a must
Review: This is an excellent movie-very funny. If you like the Big Lebowski, check this out.
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