This is one of the most melodramatic/soap opera like movies I have ever seen and I would probably have hated it if it wasn't for the awesome acting by everyone involved. Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts were awesome in the two leads and they all contributed to portray family disfuntion at its finest. It was also great to see how this was turned from a play to a movie. When watching it, you start to realize that almost every scene in the movie happened around the dinner table which was probably the focus of the play on stage. There were also lots of huge laughs that I wasn't really expecting going in and the movie as a whole would have been much more enjoyable with those along with the excellent acting if the drama wasn't so heavy.
I would somewhat recommend people checking this movie out. Like I said - it's a very well acted story about family but there is barely any major subject matters that this family doesn't deal with on some level and its just a bit too much all together.
