Little happens here apart from a long, slow buildup to sentimentalized coitus, but there's no denying the sheer screen presence of these two 500-lb. gorillas of pop culture.
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10/27/08
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:35
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.1/10
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Reviews for The Bridges of Madison County
If you know enough to understand that doing the right thing is never easy, you know enough to bring along a good supply of Kleenex to this movie.
01/01/00
No review available.
01/16/04
As director, Eastwood has decided to go for cinematic poetry, and occasionally he manages to achieve just that.
01/01/00
Perhaps the only time in history a movie was far better than its source material
08/21/08
A more than solid piece of entertainment that proves that romance isn't dead after all.
01/29/03
Eastwood and co-star Meryl Streep perform alchemy here; while adhering to whatever it was that sold 5.6 million copies of Waller's book, they've transformed the material into something far better.
04/17/02
Whether Meryl Streep deserved an Oscar nomination may be debatable, but what's beyond dispute is that scripter Richard LaGravenese and director Clint Eastwood have actually made a better, more enjoyable film than the schmaltzy literary source.
07/15/08
Probes the poetics of desire and yearning in two soulmates.
08/27/02
Immaculately performed, and assembled with wit and sensitivity, this is one of the most satisfying weepies in years.
06/24/06
The Bridges of Madison County is a beautiful film, not only in the way it was photographed, but for the manner through which the characters are revealed to us.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
11/20/03
Limited by the vapidity of this material while he trims its excesses with the requisite machete, Mr. Eastwood locates a moving, elegiac love story at the heart of Mr. Waller's self-congratulatory overkill.
05/17/04
Top CriticA dizzy, dusty masterpiece
01/17/03
Clint's movie is muddy, dusty and full of flies. It took a real man like Eastwood to really fall in love.
07/31/06
...an old-fashioned love story for adults.
05/23/08
Screenwriter LaGravenese ought to get the Croix de Guerre for doing battle with Waller's fatuous prose and paring Bridges down to its most appealing fantasy romance essence.
02/13/01
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