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The story is about Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter), a single mom who spends Thanksgiving at the home of her parents, Adele (Anne Bancroft) and Henry Larson (Charles Durning) while her only child Kitt (Claire Danes) decides to spend the holiday with her boyfriend. It also does not help that Claudia has just lost her job. The family gathering also includes Claudia's conservative sister, Joanne Larson Wedman (Cynthia Stevenson), her husband (Steve Guttenberg) and children; Claudia's gay brother Tommy (Robert Downey, Jr) and his newest friend Leo Fish (Dylan McDermott), and her eccentric aunt Gladys (Geraldine Chaplin).