Sordid Lives (2000)
Director: Del Shores
Writers: Del Shores (play and screenplay)
Stars: Delta Burke, Bonnie Bedelia and Olivia Newton-John
Summary: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges and Delta Burke star in Del Shores’s uproarious satire of Texan white-trash culture. When she trips over her lover’s wooden legs, Grandma Peggy meets her maker, and now her entire family is showing up for the funeral. With a raucous cast of characters ranging from feuding big-haired sisters to the cross-dressing Brother Boy, Shores skewers redneck society. Olivia Newton-John co-stars and provides music.

Good lord this has a star studded cast.  One of the best parts about this film is that the actors know exactly what this film is and act it out exactly how it should be.  This is a fun romp around a serious situation but you cannot help but enjoy the film. Olivia Newton-John’s part is minimal, seems like she’s just there to sing, but the little nuances she puts in there are perfect.  I think this movie would surprise and delight most straight people as well.  I can’t recommend this enough.

5 Stars

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