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Brilliant and touching

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I bought a copy of this movie, as I have with every B.B.T. movie I could find. I love it. I wasn't even aware of all the big name talents who were a part of this picture, but was very happily surprised to see the character "Alvin," who I kept thinking, "Wow, that looks like John Prine, he even sounds like John Prine." Then to find out it was him, that was a thrill. I have watched this film several times and it seems like each time I do, I catch a line that I didn't manage to hear on the first viewing. There's a lot of that going on here. My favourite scene has to be the liquor store trip, done in slo-mo to the tune of "Ghost Riders In The Sky." Brilliantly funny. I laughed my face off throughout this movie. One of my favourites. I don't know why it didn't fare better. Probably because of the dumbing down of America (and Canada as well.) The humour would go right over a lot of heads.

I won't rehash what everyone else has said but make an interesting observation. The characters in "Daddy & Them" pretty well represent every individual in this world - in all our glorious dysfunction. Every once in a while, someone comes along that gives our idiosyncrasies a voice- brings us together even if just for a little while. The kind of things that we all know in our hearts but never hear anyone put accurately into words. In real life, one of these rare individuals is songwriter John Prine. I wonder if Billy Bob thought about this when he cast JP in the role of Alvin - an enigmatic oddity who ultimately nails the situation and brings everyone together, even if just for a little while?

Thought this flick was one of the funniest I've seen in quite some time. In particular, Andy Griffith was flat-out hilarious. I also think its interesting how so many Southerners commenting here not only weren't offended but instead found it damn authentic and hilarious. I think that's cuz Billy Bob Thornton knows the territory and did it justice based upon his encounters with real people like this, not stereotypes. I have no idea why this film's so obscure: I'd never heard of it when I started watching it on a whim, and it doesn't appear to have ever been reviewed by the big name critics. Anybody got any explanation for this?

...if only for the clip of Walton Goggins riffing his way through a confession to John Prine, who does a commendable job of not falling apart. The whole thing is not a bad paean to the reality of Southern dysfunction, a la Faulkner and Welty. If you don't believe it exists, or if you prefer your dysfunction Yankee-style, stick with the fiction of Singer and the films of Allen. I can't explain the appearances of Ben Affleck and Jamie Lee Curtis, but the rest of the cast works pretty well. Blethen provides as much outside commentary as this little gem needs. Details such as the cymbal-playing monkey, are, I regret to report, spot-on.