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" I learned a lot of secrets that summer: you can bury freedom but you can't kill it. Taylor Jackson died for freedom. Aunt Lucille had to kill to get it. Life and death are only temporary but freedom goes on forever."
Lucille Vinson (Melanie Griffith) is a stunning woman who has had enough of her abusive husband. So she kills him. She then leaves her six children with her mother in Alabama and heads off to Hollywood to become a star. Since her mother was taking care of Lucille's two nephews, Peejoe (Lucas Black) and Wiley (David Speck), already live with Lucille's mom, the two teenage boys are sent to live with their uncle Dove (David Morse) and his wife Earlene (Cathy Moriarity).
The story flashes back and forth between Lucille's life in California and the boys' lives, particularly Peejoe's, in Alabama. While Lucille's star is rising and she always carries around a mysterious hat box, Peejoy becomes involved with a racially-motivated murder and a corrupt police chief (Meat Loaf Aday) in small Southern town 1960s.
Others in the large cast include: Robert Wagner, Rod Steiger, Noah Emmerich, Elizabeth Perkins, Fannie Flagg, and Paul Mazursky.
Directed by Antonio Banderas.
Run time: 1 hour, 51 minutes
Rated PG-13 for some violence, thematic material, language and a scene of sensuality.
My personal rating: B
Lucille Vinson (Melanie Griffith) is a stunning woman who has had enough of her abusive husband. So she kills him. She then leaves her six children with her mother in Alabama and heads off to Hollywood to become a star. Since her mother was taking care of Lucille's two nephews, Peejoe (Lucas Black) and Wiley (David Speck), already live with Lucille's mom, the two teenage boys are sent to live with their uncle Dove (David Morse) and his wife Earlene (Cathy Moriarity).
The story flashes back and forth between Lucille's life in California and the boys' lives, particularly Peejoe's, in Alabama. While Lucille's star is rising and she always carries around a mysterious hat box, Peejoy becomes involved with a racially-motivated murder and a corrupt police chief (Meat Loaf Aday) in small Southern town 1960s.
Others in the large cast include: Robert Wagner, Rod Steiger, Noah Emmerich, Elizabeth Perkins, Fannie Flagg, and Paul Mazursky.
Directed by Antonio Banderas.
Run time: 1 hour, 51 minutes
Rated PG-13 for some violence, thematic material, language and a scene of sensuality.
My personal rating: B
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