For those concerned with bright flashes of light on screen, some of that occurs during a nighttime thunderstorm, but it's not of the quick, repetitive variety. USE One of Novalee and Willy Jack's friends drinks a beer. A lawyer talks about being a former drunk and being passed out. Willy Jack and a record producer have drinks. Ruth has a drink while Willy Jack has a beer.
People have champagne at a wedding.
We then see him carrying a bottle of booze. We see a puddle of amniotic fluid on the floor indicating that Novalee's water has just broken. Some blood runs down Lexie's face after she's apparently been beaten. Willy Jack has a little bit of a bloody cut on his head after drunkenly stumbling into a railroad car. Willy Jack leaves Novalee at a Wal-Mart, pregnant and with no friends and very little money.