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Mrs. Soffel (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 5  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 5.6/10

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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... 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 rather seductive young man who claims he's been wrongly convicted of murder, leads the repressed Mrs. Soffel into temptation. She decides to help him and his brother escape, and even though it complicates their getaway and puts them at greater risk, Ed persuades Kate to run away with them to Canada. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Edward Herrmann, Matthew Modine

Director: Gillian Armstrong

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 8, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Galleries:

  • Film Highlights

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Chuck O'Leary
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handsomely mounted period piece, but can't shake off a certain air of good manners

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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08/02/05
Emanuel Levy
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didn't for one moment convince me that these were real people, acting from the bottom of their hearts.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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2/5

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.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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2/5

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04/05/04
Jules Brenner
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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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An unusual love story and a religious film about grace and forgiveness.

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07/23/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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The outcome is predictable, and the prospectively livelier second half never breaks free from the torpor of the prison scenes.

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05/24/03
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True stories don't get much steamier.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
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