The acting was good, and it was quite a cast: Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper (whom I love), Ewan MacGregor, Sam Shepard in a bit part, Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (whom I will now only ever refer to by his full name), Dermot Mulroney (also kind of an awesome name), and Juliette Lewis, among others.
And this really was a movie about acting. Before I saw it, someone told me not to bother, because I would just be watching famous people scream at each other over dinner for two hours. I watched it anyway, and they were right. But it was emotional yelling, emphatic yelling, and well done.
Bottom line: the actors really do get into these roles, and it's like watching actual family members really fight with each other. Well done, but why?
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