Based on the multiple Tony Award winning play written by
Tracy Letts, this new film adaptation has been bringing in a lot of Oscar buzz
even well before its debut in the Toronto Film Festival. It is a dark film with a lot a large range of
dramatic and devastating characters which have been noted to only be reserved
for the best actors for they are unlike you any characters you have typically
seen before. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, and Benedict
Cumberbatch are just a few of the world renown actors participating in this
film.
Plot
The story begins with Beverly Weston, a former poet whose
wife, Violet (Meryl Streep), has grown weak with cancer. When Beverly
disappears, the couple's three daughters and their extended family come to
Oklahoma. The couple's eldest daughter, Barbara (Julia Roberts), is having her
own marital issues. Middle sister Ivy ( Julianne Nicholson ) has a secret that
would divide the family, while the youngest, Karen ( Juliette Lewis ), has a fiancé
( Dermot Mulroney ) who dies.
The film comes out on Christmas Day.
Cant wait to see it!
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