2/18/22 – The death and funeral of their father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, Violet (Meryl Streep), an acid-tongued, pill-popping cancer patient. Daughters Barbara (Julia Roberts), Karen (Juliette Lewis) and Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) — along with their significant others and various other kin — take the full brunt of their dysfunctional matriarch’s venom, for Violet tells every one of them exactly what she thinks of them.
Q-tips say: The Mr. liked it more than the Mrs. Q.
It’s all fine until the deep dark secrets (so to speak) begin to come out. Nothing makes you feel better about your dysfunctional family at the holidays than watching a messed-up clan unravel on screen, only armed with better zingers and prettier faces.
Mrs. Q says: This is a movie about crummy mummies in which everyone looks their age & about morally flawed, sometimes cruel, and often unlikable women & sleety guy.