This serio-comedy follows an Alabama family as the meet up to support the clan's Uncle Hazel (Jim Varney), arrested on a murder charge and awaiting his trial in jail. when they hear the news about Uncle Hazel, Claude (Billy Bob Thornton), a struggling musician, and his wife Ruby (Laura Dern) return to the small Alabama town in which they grew up, but get caught in a web of family infighting. The strong cast includes, Diane Ladd, Andy Griffith, Kelly Preston, and appearances by Jamie Lee Curtis and Ben Affleck. Interestingly, this film would have been Thornton's first directorial work after his smashing SLING BLADE performance, but was not released until after his third film, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES.