Average Rating: 5.8/10
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Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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A young woman at a crossroads in her life finds herself receiving plenty of advice from her older and wiser counterparts in this drama. Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder) is a graduate student trying to finish up her doctoral thesis on women's folk art while deciding if she should marry her fiancé Sam (Dermot Mulroney); she's not sure if she's ready to settle down, and suspects that Sam is unfaithful to her. Needing time to sort things out, Finn chooses to spend the summer with her grandmother Hy (Ellen
Oct 6, 1995 Wide
Feb 23, 1999
MCA Universal Home Video
All Critics (33) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (10) | DVD (2)
Despite its hard-sell coming attraction and pot-smoking granny singing rock oldies, How to Make an American Quilt turns out to be a wealth of old-style Hollywood magic.
Top CriticRollicking, soap-like tale of women's love lives.
winona spoils the lovely vignettes
The stories are uninvolving, often too brief, and they quickly grow tiresome and repetitive.
Although the guys will find themselves drifting off in spots here and there, Ms Ryder's still got enough sensuality and magnetism to wake you up through more spots than you'd expect.
Also known as, 'How to Make an American Critic Doze Off."
Commends the value of women sharing their stories and secrets across generational lines.
I watched this years ago and can remember being quite disappointed with it. Enough time has now gone by that I felt like a re-watch. Has it improved with age? Well, yes and no. First of all, it is a little on the dull side. I don't think the story of a young woman, Finn (Winona Ryder), who goes to stay with her older
January 22, 2009Super Reviewer
Winona visits her grandmonther and joins her sewing circle and learns about their relationships. Touching movie.
August 11, 2007
Super Reviewer
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