What I want to see is a visually pleasing beauty, a glossy visual effect, and an urban love story that is humorous and interesting enough to make me laugh out loud from time to time. Of course, it would be better if I could get some thought-provoking, lingering, and enlightening insights that touch the soul, but if not, it doesn't matter. This movie tells a dark story of a young aspiring writer who tries to avoid the violence and self-destruction in his family tradition. It has been forty years since E-F-Bradworth (played by Kris Kristofferson) abandoned his beloved wife and children due to self-exile. Now, Bradworth, who has become a blues musician, returns to his hometown and is forced to face the great changes and old memories after his departure. His ex-wife Julia (played by Frances Conroy) suffered a mental breakdown because of his departure, and his three sons Warren (played by Val Kilmer), Boyd (played by Dwight Yoakam), and Brady (played by W-Earl Brown) have never had their anger towards their father fade with time. The only comfort for Bradworth is the gradually established friendship with 17-year-old Fleming (played by Rhys Thompson), but he doesn't know that Fleming is actually his grandson. When Fleming meets his sixteen-year-old dream lover Raven Halfacre (played by Hilary Duff), the sad events that occurred in this family seem to be about to happen again.