Odell, G.W. and Wardell get humiliated by Noleta

Sordid Lives
(2000, 111 min, United States, Del Shores)

Del Shores' feature film debut is a hilarious trip into the lives of a Southern "redneck" family with a star-studded cast. Olivia Newton-John plays a honky-tonk lesbian singer named Bitsy Mae. Delta Burke plays Noleta Nethercott who gets revenge from her cheating husband G.W. (Beau Bridges). G.W. had killed Grandma Peggy after a sudden accident with his wooden leg tripping her in the bathroom sink. Grandma Peggy is survived by her daughters Latrelle (Bonnie Bedelia) and LaVonda (Ann Walker) and drag-queen son Earl "Brother Boy" (Leslie Jordan). Brother Boy had been sent to an institution to get him "de-homosexualized" by a bitch of a psychiatrist, Dr. Eve Bolinger (Rosemary Alexander). All Brother Boy wants to do is dress up as Tammy Wynette and continue her legend. It's not enough to have a gay brother, but Latrelle is also in denial about her closeted son Ty (Kirk Geiger). Add to the cast Beth Grant who plays Sissy, the neighbor who fails miserably trying to quit smoking. Leave your PC card out the door and enjoy this hilarious movie.