Beverly and Violet (Meryl Streep) are an old couple. Now, one of them relies on drinking and the other on drugs to maintain their relationship. One morning, Beverly left home and never came back. Violet could only call their three daughters and her cousin and cousin-in-law to come home. The second daughter Ivy came, and then the eldest daughter Barbara (Julia Roberts) and her husband Bill (Ewan McGregor) also came from afar with their 14-year-old daughter. The bad news came immediately. The police found Beverly's body in the lake. The cause of death was suicide. The youngest daughter Karen rushed to the funeral with her fiancé. At the dinner table after the funeral, Violet, who had taken too much drugs, began to lose her temper, and the daughters who had their own concerns were also on pins and needles. The eldest daughter Barbara couldn't stand her mother's harshness, and the two quarreled loudly. The hidden contradictions in the family and the deliberately concealed truths gradually emerged... This drama is adapted from the play of the same name, which was adapted into a film script by the original playwright Tracy Letts.