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co-produced and directed by

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, starring Jeff Daniels,

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and

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. Daniels plays a womanizer who goes home to Pennsylvania for a wedding and finds his past catching up with him. The film has been released on DVD by Lions Gate Home Entertainment as a double feature with ''

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''.

Plot

Paul Weaver ( Jeff Daniels) is accustomed to playing around on his wife Nancy (

) from his baseball-playing days. When divorce papers are filed against him, Paul decides to travel to Pennsylvania and attend his sister's wedding. But Nancy and his two children are both there, making the situation uncomfortable for everyone.

Cast

* Jeff Daniels as Paul Weaver *

as Susan Volcheck *

as Ruth Weaver *

as Boomer *

as Nancy Weaver * Annabelle Weenick as Miriam Whipkey *

Amy Wright Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as ''The Deer Hunter'', '' Breaking Away'', '' The Accidental Tourist'', '' Hard Promises'', ''Crossing Delancey'', and ''Miss Firecracker''. She is the widow o ...

as Karen Weaver

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