Charles Durning, Cicely Tyson, Danny Nelson

Following the death of his mother, young Collin (Edward Furlong) goes to live with his two eccentric aunts, whose double-crossing antics make for a lively upbringing for Collin as he grows up in the D...( read more  read more... )eep South of the 1940s. This witty coming-of-age drama, based on a novel by Truman Capote, includes an ensemble of four Academy Award winners (Sissy Spacek, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Mary Steenburgen) and one nominee (Piper Laurie).

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PG, 107 min.

Directed by: Charles Matthau

Release Date: October 11, 1996

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DVD Release Date: April 19, 2005

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  • January 5, 2007
    Funny and Very Sweet
  • January 7, 2009
    good version of this
  • May 24, 2008
    Nice story of a bygone era.
  • April 28, 2008
    Given the names involved, this is a real disappointment. Slow.
  • December 4, 2007
    takes place during the depression.. a group of misfits decide to live in a tree house and the town folks do not take too kindly to the idea... its a drama worth checking out...
  • September 28, 2007
    Not bad to watch for once. But it was a bit boring. Stories were too ordinary to be seen on a film.
  • September 7, 2007
    lovely small film, all the performers do superior work but Piper Laurie stands above them all with a performance that is exquisite, touching and real.
  • July 28, 2007
    A mega-cast of wonderful characters in a sweet story written by Truman Capote of a boy growing up in the south with his father's spinster cousins after his own parent's deaths. Nothing remarkable here - but just a pleasant, amusing and enjoyable little story to curl up with. Siss...( read more)y Spacek, Piper Laurie, Mary Steenburgen, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, etc, etc. Produced and Directed by Walter Matthau's son Charles Matthau.
  • June 5, 2007
    Absolutely Wonderful, it speaks to your heart.
  • March 7, 2007
    This was such a sweet movie!

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