Sordid Lives Page #12

Synopsis: We become intimate with the "Sordid Lives" of a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes), and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit looser).
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Del Shores
Production: Regent Entertainment
  11 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
R
Year:
2000
111 min
Website
1,120 Views


[ singing:
"If you can't beat 'em join 'em'"

[ singing:
So if that's the way

you've wanted me to be

[ singing:
I'll change if it takes that

to make you happy

[ singing:
From now on you're gonna

see a different me

- Oh! Here we go!

- ] Because

[ singing:
Your good girl's gonna go bad

[ singing:
I'm gonna be the swingingest swinger

[ singing:
You've ever had

[ singing:
If you like 'em painted up

powdered up

[ singing:
Then you oughta be glad

'cause your

[ singing:
Good girl's gonna go bad

Oh, you better believe it!

[ singing:
I'll even learn to like

the taste of whiskey

- ] In fact, you'll hardly

recognize your wife

- Yeah!

[ singing:
I'll buy some brand new clothes

[ singing:
And dress up fancy

[ singing:
For my journey

to the wilder side of life

[ singing:
Because your good girl's

gonna go bad

[ singing:
I'm gonna be the swingingest swinger

[ singing:
You've ever had

[ singing:
If you like 'em painted up

powdered up

[ singing:
Then you oughta be glad

[ singing:
'Cause your good girl's gonna go bad

- Yee-haw!

- ] Oh, yeah, your good girl's

gonna go bad

I could be available.

[ Song Ends ]

[ singing:
[ Soft Rock ]

[ singing:
I need to tell the truth

[ singing:
I can't lie anymore

[ singing:
I need to do what's right

[ singing:
I know that's what my life is for

[ singing:
I can't be quiet anymore

[ singing:
About what I'm supposed to do

[ singing:
I need to tell the truth

[ singing:
And do what's right by you

[ singing:
I need to speak my mind

[ singing:
Let my heart run free

[ singing:
Your pain will heal with time

[ singing:
And one day you'll thank me

[ singing:
And as I follow my dream

[ singing:
And there is no room for you

[ singing:
Just know there was no scheme

[ singing:
It's just what I had to do

[ singing:
Trust yourself

[ singing:
You know all the answers

[ singing:
Trust yourself

[ singing:
You know what is right

[ singing:
Trust yourself

[ singing:
It's all there inside you

[ singing:
They've been there forever

[ singing:
Just show them some light

Hello?

Where is everybody?

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Del Shores

Del Shores (born Delferd Lynn Shores on December 3, 1957 in Winters, Texas ) is an American film director and producer, television writer and producer, playwright and actor. more…

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