Family dysfunction in the white-trash neighborhood. Charlize Theron, as her Oscar for Monster goes to show, loves to play beneath herself; and in tall white boots, skin-tight pants, and raccoon eyeliner, her love shines bright. For most of the way, however, she steps aside for the quieter Nick Stahl and AnnaSophia Robb in the roles of her brother and daughter, left to fend for themselves while the wayward mother goes a-wandering. Regardless of the amplitude, which rises again with the entrance of Dennis Hopper as an abusive father and grandfather, the tsk-tsk of filmmaker William Maher can always be faintly heard. (2008) — Duncan Shepherd
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