Daddy and Them

Daddy and Them

It's hard to stand by your man... when your sister's sitting in his lap.

Directed by Billy Bob Thornton

2001101 min5.4 / 10

A darkly comedic family drama set in working-class Arkansas that mines tension and humor from marital strife, sibling rivalry, and unresolved family dysfunction.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Daddy and Them sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Does Daddy and Them end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is Daddy and Them violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Daddy and Them easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Daddy and Them scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity73

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise14

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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