Una snob tiene que regresar a su pueblo natal para conseguir que su marido la conceda el divorcio.
 | Reese Witherspoon | Melanie |
 | Josh Lucas | Jake |
 | Patrick Dempsey | Patrick Dempsey |
 | Candice Bergen | Kate Hennings |
 | Mary Kay Place | Pearl Smooter |
| Fred Ward | Earl Smooter |
 | Jean Smart | Stella Kay Perry |
 | Ethan Embry | Bobby Ray |
| Courtney Gains | Sheriff Wade |
 | Melanie Lynskey | Lurlynn |
| Mary Lynn Rajskub | Dorothea |
| Nathan Lee Graham | Frederick Montana |
 | Rhona Mitra | Tabatha Wadmore-Smith |
| Thomas Curtis | Jake de joven |
 | Dakota Fanning | Melanie de joven |
| Michelle Krusiec | Pan |
| Afemo Omilami | Jimmy Lee |
| Jen Apgar | Starr |
| Mark Oliver | Guardia |
