Inspired by a true story three generations in the making.
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Amy AdamsBev
- Glenn CloseMamaw
- Gabriel BassoJ.D. Vance
- Haley BennettLindsay
- Freida PintoUsha
- Bo HopkinsPapaw
- Owen AsztalosYoung J.D. Vance
- Jesse C. BoydMatt
- Stephen KunkenPhillip Roseman
- Keong SimKen
Crew
- Ron HowardDirector
- Vanessa TaylorWriter
- Maryse AlbertiDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- David FlemingOriginal Music Composer
- James WilcoxEditor
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Karen LunderProducer
- Ron HowardProducer
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