Harve Cook

Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far from harmonious. (The lack of money doesn't help matters, either.) In fact, their whole family is fraught with unresolved conflicts. Then Claude's uncle is arrested on a felony charge, and everyone rallies round. Ruby's mother Jewel and flirtatious sister Rose (Claude's ex-girlfriend) even fly in from Tennessee; but, far from being a source of support, Jewel seems only to want to break up Ruby and Claude.

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

大ヒットとなった同名のミステリー小説の映画化。田舎で平凡な暮らしを送るハンクは、雪に覆われた森の中に墜落した自家用飛行機の中から現金440万ドルを発見する。この大金が自分達の未来を変えると信じた彼は、妻のサラ、どん底の暮らしを送る兄のジェイコブらと共に、現金を自分達の物にするための“シンプルな”計画を実行に移すが……｡欲望が巻き起こす悲劇のクライマックスには、小説版とは異なるアレンジが加えられている。

人間の言葉を話すゴリラに育てられたジョージは、ジャングルを飛び回る野生児。ある日ライオンに襲われそうになっていた大富豪の娘を助けて恋に落ちる……。ディズニー・アニメを実写化したロマンス・コメディ。