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The Trip to Bountiful

1985

Peter Masterson

Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford ...

6.3

465

Drama Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"This 'Trip to Bountiful' works perfectly as a small, richly detailed film that, in turn, realizes Mr. Foote's particular visions"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The rhythms and dialogue come out of unstudied real life. And Geraldine Page inhabits the central role with authority and vinegar (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Variety	"A superbly crafted drama featuring the performance of a lifetime by Geraldine Page"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Masterson's images of small-town America are imbued with a luminous and melancholy nostalgia, but otherwise the film is not mounted with any special imagination"	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"A luminous performance by Geraldine Page and one of the most touching pictures of the decade"	POS

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