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. Based on the play by
Tracy Letts.
