This was a "family" movie with depth, meaning and humor. It went from tear jerk to knee slap. These were real portrayals of a group of people that are almost always shown in a negative light. They were not shown as shallow perfect people but as people with good intentions, introspection, faults and blind sides. They rang true. I know these people because I am one. The African Americans were shown as real too. Good hearts, hard lives, hopes, dissapointments and their own share of predjudice. It shows the South as I know it; a place where black and white have been working for 40 years to know each other in a real way. Predjudice is fading with each generation. I would reccomend this movie to ANYONE. Hooray for Hollywood.