Streep deserves her 4th and Roberts deserves her 2nd and the cast ensemble should win Golden Globes and SAG awards and anything else not nailed down. This is an amazing film- from a great American playwright that deserves our attention. Yes it is THEATRICAL. But when did that become a curse word? The entire cast and crew deserve huge raves. There is not a weak link in any of it. Some one said to me - I do not need to see people being so cruel to each other? and I said......well it happens in every damn family I know of. Letts is TRUTH TELLIN. I hope they all WIN BIG. GO see this......and take a long walk afterwards. The reason people are so upset is because LETTS pulls the cover on human nature and is showing us who we are. Chris Cooper's speech is the lesson. Find kindness. But we understand pain. And a lot us understand Alcoholism and Addiction and this film calls into question our deepest fears and holds the mirror up.. We love even when it hurts. I know I do. GO TALK ABOUT IT

The direction and camera angles of this film brought you into the minds of the members of this dysfuncitonal family in a very personal way. It was almost as though you could see what each member of the family was thinking as the camera focused upon them. Meryl Streep continues to demonstrate her sheer virtuosity; her character is both terrifying and horribly sad. The director was able to get the best from this wonderful cast. I left the film both exhausted and moved; as I could relate to the sadness of the human condition. A true must see.