First, I'm just going to touch base on my feelings about Deann's acting as Jolene. I've never seen her act before, but she really stole the show! Maybe because the part was so much like her in real life, I don't know, but she just blew me AWAY!!! She is just as sweet as the peach pie my Gran used to make, still as naturally beautiful as The Land Between The Lakes in Kentucky near where my folks are from, with a voice still as clear and fresh as "Strawberry Wine," and as poised and graceful as any Southern Bell EVER WAS!!! She as the heart of the film!
That aside, they picked a REALLY great cast, they all seemed quite natural in the parts (except for maybe the mom/grandma & the Asian girl who kept breaking things while set dressing, I could see she was pushing it so hard that it became over acting, because she was uncomfortable,) and they really seemed to have chemistry! Even the little girl, she wasn't one of those annoying child actors who don't know what they're doing, won't take direction, and so the crew just gives up and uses them as little as possible, this little girl was a DOLL!! And I could totally see them as a family going forward! That's a lot of credit for her being so young!
