Lily Dale (1996)
In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.
Watch Trailer
Cast
Similar titles
Reviews
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.