Jax,
Well, to sum up, it's about a 66 year old who is forcefully retired from a job he loved, then within a few months loses his wife to a brain hemorrage, finds out she was cheating on him all along, then goes on walkabout in a motor home to see his little girl marry into this complete back-ass redneck family from hell (including a non-sensical nude scene with Kathy Bates). There was nothing uplifting or more than moderately humorous about this movie whatsoever, except for the occassional guffaw.
... and I normally like most Jack Nicholson movies. That werewolf one being the exception. I will give the actors credit, they did a good job with their parts, the movie just blew.
.... Then again, I'm probably the only person on the planet who thought that The Last Samurai was a better movie than the last 4 HOUR+ Lords of the Rings sleeper.
Wayne