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www.dvdverdict.com - : Set in rural South Carolina in the late '50s and early '60s the film is the story of a mother, Anney (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and her first child who has the nickname of Bone (Jena Malone). Bone is born to a difficult life. The bastard of the title, her very entrance to the world is marred by a near tragedy when Anney goes flying through a truck windshield after an accident on the way to the delivery room. For Bone things go from bad to worse. Anney meets a man, falls and love and marries. The father that Bone dreamed of having, indeed the only person who she would truly love, he is robbed from her in another car accident shortly after Anney has given birth to her second daughter. more...
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