“It's hard to stand by your man... when your sister's sitting in his lap.”
Overview
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
Written by Billy Bob Thornton
Produced by Robert Salerno, Larry Meistrich, Geyer Kosinski
Box OfficeBudget: $4.0MRevenue: $7K
About Daddy and Them
Daddy and Them is a drama, comedy film released in 2001 exploring themes of jealousy, husband wife relationship, southern usa, therapist, arkansas, dysfunctional family. Directed by Billy Bob Thornton, it stars Billy Bob Thornton, Laura Dern, Brenda Blethyn. Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.