Sordid Lives

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Get ready for laughs the size of Texas when Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia and Delta Burke lead an all-star cast in this twisted, white-trash tale "that puts the 'fun' in 'dysfunctional'" (Toronto Sun). The hilariously sordid details about a southern family surface with a vengeance when relatives converge for the funeral of "Grandma Peggy," who died after tripping over her lover's wooden legs! Toss in a couple of feuding, big-haired daughters, a jumpy aunt who just quit smoking, the scorned neighbor from hell, and crazy, cross-dressing "Brother Boy" - and you've got an outrageous "train wreck you can't help but watch!" (Chicago Tribune)

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Running Time: 111 minutes

Format: DVD MOVIE

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If you've got a taste for big hair, broad Texas accents, and gay rights, this mixture of white-trash comedy and coming-out melodrama is for you. Sordid Lives starts out as chicken-fried farce, as a funeral is prepared for a woman who died when she tripped over her adulterous lover's wooden legs; about midway the emphasis shifts to a drag queen unfairly held in a mental institution and the dead woman's grandson, an actor in Los Angeles who hasn't come out to his mother. The tone shifts wildly, and the humor depends on your fondness for the white-trash genre--if you like it, this will tickle your ribs; if you don't, it'll fall flat as the panhandle landscape. But it must be said that the cast (including Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, and Olivia Newton-John) dives right in, no matter how over-the-top their characters get. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

A "must see"!.......2007-08-23

The funniest movie I have ever seen and the actors are top notch. I bought a copy 5 years ago and lent it out, never got it back so had to buy another. A "must have" for any DVD collection!

Sordid Lives.......2007-07-26

This movie is hilarious! It starts off slow and I was tempted to turn it off. I am so glad I didn't. Leslie Jordan is brilliant.

The Best Movie EVER.......2007-07-12

This has to be the funniest movie I have ever seen. I watch it at least once a month. Brother Boy is tooo funny. His one liners and obsession with Tammy Wynette make the movie. This movie has everything. From the flaming gay, to the queen of denial, to the woman done wrong, it is hilarious. You watch this movie and think, "I know these people, they are my neighbors, perhaps even my family members!!!!" I would love to see the play and compare it to the movie. Don't miss this one.

Sordid Lives-A true Story or fiction?.......2007-07-06

This movie is hilarious, and embarrassingly, epitomitses the south, or Bible belt. As many reviewers have said before, if you have ever lived in the south, you will almost certainly see parts of your life in it, or can relate to it. It can be a learning tool for people uncomfortable with homosexuality because it also has good, helpful ideas in dealing with that subject and others.

Don't answer that...just think about it!.......2007-05-29

We have watched this movie about nine times in the month that we have had it. The performances are great, especially Bonnie Bodelia's portrait of a mother in denial. It makes us laugh and cry every time. What more can you want for in a movie? Don't answer that...just think about it.

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