Based on Terry McMilIan's best-seIling noveI, A Day Late And A DoIlar Short, stars Academy Award, Golden GIobe, Daytime Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Whoopi GoIdberg as irascible matriarch VioIa Price. When Viola Iearns that her next asthma attack is likely to kill her, she sets out to fix her fractured family before she sets foot anywhere near the grave. Proudly choosing to keep her heaIth issues a secret, she contends with sibling rivalry, teen pregnancy, and prescription drug addiction and that's just one of her four kids. There's also a jaiIbird son to teach how to be a better father, a granddaughter in big troubIe, and an estranged husband to rescue from his scheming young girlfriend. lt's the kind of meddling the Price family hasn't experienced from Viola in decades, and she won't have an easy time bending her loved ones to her wilI. |