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Rambling Rose

1991

Martha Coolidge

Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas ...

5.9

654

Drama Based on Calder Willinghams novel of the same name, RAMBLING ROSE is a domestic drama set in a small Georgia town during the 1930s. The main character is Rose (Laura Dern), a lower-class girl with a troubled past who takes a job as a live-in maid for the Hillyers, an upper-crust, liberal southern family. Rose quickly wins over her employers with her warmth and spirit, but they are concerned about her promiscuity, which soon has every ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"Even the mawkish beginning and end cannot ruin the delicious center of 'Rambling Rose'."	POS
United States	Variety	"A funny and moving tale (...) Dern’s naturalness in a very eccentric role confirms the promise of her earlier work"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The film is richly comic and touching. Willingham [and director Martha Coolidge] infuse the story with sweetness without sacrificing its spine."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Here is a movie as light as air, as delicate as a flower (...) What is special about 'Rambling Rose,' however, is the way love takes first place ahead of sex (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"One of the year's most touching and absorbing movie experiences (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS

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