Want to feel good about yourself? Step into the world of the Weston family and you are bound to.
August: Osage County tells the story of a family of strong-willed women who are drawn back to the family home in the United States Midwest by the disappearance, then death of the family patriarch.
And it draws on a star-studded cast to deliver many impressive performances: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Juliette Lewis and Benedict Cumberbatch are superb practitioners of their art and they don't let us down.
Violet Weston (Streep) is the dysfunctional matriarch of the family and uses a diet of pills and cigarettes to fight a bout of mouth cancer.
She lives a largely separate life from husband Beverly (Sam Shepard) but when he disappears, then is discovered to have committed suicide, the family returns to support their mother.