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Cast
Meryl Streep (Violet Weston)Dermot Mulroney (Steve Huberbrecht)Julia Roberts (Barbara Weston)Juliette Lewis (Karen Weston)Chris Cooper (Charlie Aiken)Ewan McGregor (Bill Fordham)Margo Martindale (Mattie Fae Aiken)Sam Shepard (Beverly Weston)Julianne Nicholson (Ivy Weston)Abigail Breslin (Jean Fordham)Benedict Cumberbatch (Little Charles Aiken)Misty Upham (Johnna Monevata)Will Coffey (Sheriff Deon Gilbeau)Newell Alexander (Dr. Burke)Jerry Stahl (Liquor Store Owner)Dale Dye (Radio Announcer)Ivan Allen (Radio Announcer)Arlin Miller (Baseball Announcer)
Director
John Wells
Synopsis
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
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