The film seems to drag on a little too long and is slow moving in spots, but it will certainly jerk more than a few tears from audiences around the country.
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03/23/03
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
Considering the turgid potboiler it's based on, we should be grateful Eastwood achieved as much as he did.
02/04/03
A more than solid piece of entertainment that proves that romance isn't dead after all.
01/29/03
A dizzy, dusty masterpiece
01/17/03
Probes the poetics of desire and yearning in two soulmates.
08/27/02
What the movie does that the book couldn't do is tap into the poignancy that comes of seeing two stars who used to be young and beautiful suddenly looking very mortal.
06/18/02
Top CriticEastwood is charmingly likable, self-confident and good-humored, but he's miscast. He is 20 years too old, has a limited emotional range, and lacks the erotic power to generate the needed sexual chemistry with Streep.
06/05/02
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
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
Top CriticIf 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
As director, Eastwood has decided to go for cinematic poetry, and occasionally he manages to achieve just that.
01/01/00
Utter pap, redeemed only by the professionalism of its stars in sub-standard material.
01/01/00
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
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01/01/00
Bridges is another example of Eastwood's remarkable economy of style as both a director and an actor. It is neither his best work nor his worst, though it is a fascinating exploration.
01/01/00
Respect to Clint for putting his cojones on the line to make a 'chick flick,' and utmost respect to him for pulling it off with aplomb.
01/01/00
I've seen the movie twice now and was even more involved the second time, because I was able to pay more attention to the nuances of voice and gesture.
01/01/00
Top CriticMost of the plot is predicable after the initial setup and that is okay. The point is not to guess the next plot twist, but to identify with the characters and vicariously live their romance and have that illicit fling you subconsciously always wanted.
01/01/00
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