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A train wreck you can't help but watch.
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
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Sordid Lives
Overview
As three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for a funeral, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of their sordid lives.
Director and cast
- Del Shores Director
- Olivia Newton-John as Bitsy Mae Harling
- Kirk Geiger as Ty Williamson
- Beau Bridges as G.W. Nethercott
- Bonnie Bedelia as Latrelle Williamson
- Beth Grant as Sissy Hickey
- Leslie Jordan as Earl 'Brother Boy' Ingram
- Sarah Hunley as Juanita Bartlett
- Ann Walker as LaVonda DuPree
- Delta Burke as Noleta Nethercott
- Dale Dickey as Glyndora
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
37%
Tomatometer
Rotten
While the film at times feels like a clumsily acted play, a surprising turn by Delta Burke carries the cast out of the doldrums of an often-strained plot line.
Erin Meister, Boston Globe
Rotten
A movie that, while robustly performed ... has the strange effect of not so much opening up a play for the screen as closing it in.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
If the film's flaws are large, so are its laughs.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
There's a genuine sweetness and familial affection that shines through Sordid Lives, and enough oddball humor to keep it mooo-ving along.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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