The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs, who hasn't been heard from since he wandered off long ago.


Is it worth the time? Honestly, it depends on how much you like watching people try to make stew out of nothing. If you have a soft spot for 1930s melodrama that doesn't mind switching from slapstick to a funeral in about five minutes, pull up a chair. If you need your movies to feel modern or logically paced, you're g...

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"Is it worth the time? Honestly, it depends on how much you like watching people try to make stew out of nothing. If you have a soft spot for 1930s melodrama that doesn't mind switching from slapstick to a funeral in about five minutes, pull up a chair. If you need your movies to feel modern or logically paced, you're gonna hate this thing. It feels like a stage play that got lost on its way to a movie set. The whole thing centers on Mrs. Wiggs, a woman who is essentially the patron saint of mak..."
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