This family has issues! When mean and surly Bud Slocumb keels over at breakfast, his family gathers for the wake and funeral: long-suffering widow Raynelle, unemployed son Junior who's cheating on his wife Charisse, son Ray Bud who holds a job and has a loving wife, Lucille, but struggles with alcoholism and with their difficulty having children. There's younger daughter Delightful, who constantly eats; religious Aunt Marguerite and her wayward son Royce; and, there's Juanita, their wealthy cousin's wife. They all descend on the town of Lula, struggle to say something nice about Bud, and face the challenge of sorting out their relationships with the living.
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Factual errors:
When Margurite and her son are fighting over the radio in his old Volkwagen Beetle, he turns the keys and removes them from the ignition, silencing the radio. Radios in old Beetles will work without the ignition on.
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Quotes
Raynelle:
[reading Marguerite's letter]
I didn't see you in church this Sunday, I guess there must've been something good on TV, again... I know how you like that wrestling program. Woodrow 'Bud' Slocumb:
Damn straight. Raynelle:
[reading]
I wonder if they'll have TV in Hell? See more »
Soundtracks
"Just a Closer Walk With Thee"
Traditional
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