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The Bridges of Madison County

1995

Clint Eastwood

Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak ...

7.5

77,624

Romance. Drama The path of Francesca Johnson's future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. While her husband and children are away at the Illinois state fair in the summer of 1965, Robert Kincaid happens turn into the Johnson farm and asks Francesca for directions to Roseman Bridge. Francesca later learns that he was in Iowa on assignment from National Geographic ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I've seen the movie twice now and was even more involved the second time, because I was able to pay more attention to the nuances of voice and gesture (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Streep and Eastwood's chemistry makes the film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"I am not immune to movie romance (...) but Waller insists that to understand Bridges we are required to enter 'the realm of gentleness'. Try the realm of mindlessness."	NEU
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"A beautiful film, not only in the way it was photographed, but for the manner through which the characters are revealed to us (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Despite all his craft and sincerity, [Eastwood] and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese can't quite turn Robert James Waller's cardboard best-seller into flesh and bone."	NEG
United States	Gene Siskel Chicago Reader	"[It] has the energy and spontaneity of a picture that was shot quickly. And that serves the material well, because it removes the solemnity that could stiffle a modern classic (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"What the movie does that the book couldn't do is tap into the poignancy that comes of seeing two stars who used to be young and beautiful suddenly looking very mortal."	POS

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