Mrs. Soffel (1985)
56 %
Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 5 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1901, this drama depicts a true story that shocked contemporary society. Kate Soffel is a warden's wife so full of Christian values that she regularly visits her husband's jail, handing out bibles and attempting to reform the convicts. But Ed Biddle, a... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Edward Herrmann, Matthew Modine
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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handsomely mounted period piece, but can't shake off a certain air of good manners
02/09/06
didn't for one moment convince me that these were real people, acting from the bottom of their hearts.
10/23/04
Top Critic
a very strange and maddening movie, being a fascinating tale that's nowhere as provocative as it first promises to be and as the reputations of everyone connected with it might lead you to expect.
08/30/04
Top Critic
An unusual love story and a religious film about grace and forgiveness.
07/23/03
The outcome is predictable, and the prospectively livelier second half never breaks free from the torpor of the prison scenes.
05/24/03
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