If this movie continued at the same level as the opening scene, I wouldn't have lost interest so quickly during its 88 minute length. My mother-in-law watched it after watching The Proposal and said this one was "just all right, I guess" compared to "really enjoying" The Proposal. Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon are great individually, but they don't have much to do here. Robert Duvall was good, but the "redneck dad" scene was unfairly and inaccurately stereotypical. Show me someone who lives in rural America who doesn't know how a satellite TV system works. Jon Favreau and Tim McGraw do tear it up as Vaughn's abusive, nasty brothers. The evangelical church that had the energy and good vibes of a gangbang was hilarious, however. Take it from someone who was immersed in that world as a kid. Kristin Chenoweth's presence as a real-life evangelical made the scene yet more enjoyable. Dwight Yoakam could convert most of the non-Christian world single-handedly.

Sissy Spacek and her boy-friend work nicely. Some of the things that come up during a game of Taboo are vomit-worthy. Jon Voight's father-daughter chat with Witherspoon's Kate is unexpectedly charming and a little touching, considering his own daddy-daughter communication issues. It's almost like Clooney in Up in the Air, but I'm not certain Voight gets how close to himself he's playing here.

Extras include a couple of featurettes and a Gag Reel. "Seven-Layer Holiday Meals in a Flash" is hosted by TV food star Paula Deen and Katy Mixon, who plays Favreau's country-fried wife in the movie and Kenny Powers' hometown sweetheart in Eastbound and Down. The other featurette isn't much more than "gee, how close to real-life craziness was that scene in the movie, right?". The Gag Reel is better than the movie in terms of second-for-second laughs, as any reel of its sort featuring Vaughn. This one hit the street on 11.24.