ewww...

It's been a while since I've seen the film, but you must have really been watching something different than I saw. I was really touched at the ending when the real family was shown. I saw ordinary looking, middle-aged people--certainly no one who looked like "red-neck hillbillies".

Completely besides the point that looking at people for a few moments is not really the best way to judge their character or personality.

These are real people celebrating the life and accomplishments of their mother--your comments are really unfortunate, and frankly rather juvenile.

wow...were you even watching the same movie?!?! if so, then you would know at the end, you read up about the real-life ryans.

"Lea Ann is a hospice nurse living in Florida with her husband, Bob. They have 4 children and 12 grandchildren.

Dick injured his pitching arm and was released from the Detroit Tigers. He moved to Los Angeles where he is a bartender.

Bub decided against a baseball career and became a police officer. He raised 5 children with his wife, Jannie, and now lives in Virginia where he teaches grade school.

Rog finished his military service and moved to San Antonio, Texas where he manages his own business. He has 3 children.

Bruce went to law school. For 17 years he worked as an assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado. He is now a licensed therapist in Denver.

Tuff lives in San Francisco where she worte her memoir, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. Her mother's Underwood typewriter sits on her desk next to her computer.

Mike, co-valedictorian of his Defiance HS class, earned his master's in mechanical engineering. He now lives in Texas where he teaches part-time.

Barb was valedictorian of her HS class and earned a B.A. in theater. She lives in Cleveland with her, Peter, restoring old houses.

Betsy earned a Ph.D. in theater and, like her sister, Tuff, became a writer. She lives in New York with her husband, Nick, and their 3 boys.

Dave is the only one of the Ryan kids to remain in Defiance, Ohio where he married his HS sweetheart, Lucy, and raised 3 children. The now have 3 gradchildren.