

There is room for nonbelievers here, if at times just barely. A real behind the scenes look at 'Coat of Many Colors' Georgia Film Office Official 2. Similarly, the ongoing question of whether Parton’s daddy is going to come under the roof of the church where his father-in-law (Gerald McRaney, typically solid) preaches, can be seen as one of domestic devotion as much as one of Christian revelation. (It’s a real enough situation.) As much as the shape of the film drives toward an expected end, it also seems to support his independence of mind.


Much of Long’s best writing - again, not surprising, given her background - occurs in the scenes between Parton’s parents as they work out their difficulties and differences, and Schroder and Nettles take their measure nicely.
