Children on their Birthdays (2002)

Billy Bob Murphy is trying his best to endure the pain of entering manhood without a father. Although he consistently tries to do what's right and good, his best friend, Preacher Star, makes that next to impossible. Condemned to spend his childhood with a suspected alcoholic father and two red-haired ruthless older brothers, Preacher has not had an easy time of it and has little or no compunction about leading Billy Bob down the path to moral ruin. Billy Bob and Preacher both fall deeply in love with Miss Bobbit at the first sight of her. The two battle for the little girl's attention and as the summer months wear on, it is clear that the two are on a collision course with one another that could not only destroy their friendship, but take their tiny town with them.

In the end, it is the smooth-talking, crooked show promoter Lionel Quince who, in his attempt to rob the locals of their life savings with a bogus talent contest, causes the two boys to realize that true friendship is hard to come by, and that nothing must destroy that precious commodity. The boys, together with Miss Bobbit and Sister Rosalba, a local African-American girl that Miss Bobbit befriends, manage to track down the crooked Mr. Quince, capture him, and turn him in to the local authorities, returning the town's money and dignity in the process. More »

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