An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.
Meryl Streep
as Violet Weston
Julia Roberts
as Barbara Weston
Julianne Nicholson
as Ivy Weston
Juliette Lewis
as Karen Weston
Ewan McGregor
as Bill Fordham
Margo Martindale
as Mattie Fae Aiken
Abigail Breslin
as Jean Fordham
Chris Cooper
as Charlie Aiken
Dermot Mulroney
as Steve Huberbrecht
Benedict Cumberbatch
as Little Charles Aiken
Misty Upham
as Johnna Monevata
Sam Shepard
as Beverly Weston
