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How to Make an American Quilt is a bit of a patchwork from a storytelling standpoint, but a strong ensemble cast led by Winona Ryder helps hold it all together.
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It has its effective moments but it tends to indicate emotions more than deliver them, and is finally more conventional and unadventurous than its elements would lead you to believe. August 2, 2016 | Full Review…
It has its effective moments but it tends to indicate emotions more than deliver them, and is finally more conventional and unadventurous than its elements would lead you to believe.
Kenneth Turan
Dramatically, more ultimately proves less, and the jumble feels like it should have been torn apart and rethreaded with stronger material. March 27, 2009
Dramatically, more ultimately proves less, and the jumble feels like it should have been torn apart and rethreaded with stronger material.
Leonard Klady
Ryder, as gamine as ever, delivers her most credible performance to date, while the luminous Simmons and imposing Angelou infuse the film with grace and understated charm. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Ryder, as gamine as ever, delivers her most credible performance to date, while the luminous Simmons and imposing Angelou infuse the film with grace and understated charm.
Karen McCluskey
This exceptional film takes the makings of a limp "women's weeper" and as if by magic, spins them into gold. May 20, 2003 | Full Review…
This exceptional film takes the makings of a limp "women's weeper" and as if by magic, spins them into gold.
Caryn James
Flat out, "How to Make an American Quilt" is a wonderful movie -- soulful, funny, eccentric and filled with a love of female humanity. June 18, 2002 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Flat out, "How to Make an American Quilt" is a wonderful movie -- soulful, funny, eccentric and filled with a love of female humanity.
Peter Stack
If you love those actresses, you'll probably love the film. January 1, 2000 | Full Review…
If you love those actresses, you'll probably love the film.
Eve Zibart
How to Make An American Quilt will have sentimental viewers reaching for the tissue box; cynical watchers nodding their heads with recognition. November 6, 2020 | Full Review…
How to Make An American Quilt will have sentimental viewers reaching for the tissue box; cynical watchers nodding their heads with recognition.
Wendy Shreve
Some of the episodic tales work better than others, but all are interesting and there are splendid characterisations from both young and more senior members of the cast. August 2, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Some of the episodic tales work better than others, but all are interesting and there are splendid characterisations from both young and more senior members of the cast.
Jo Berry
Even rough, tough boys will be seduced by this immensely likeable film. August 2, 2016 | Full Review…
Even rough, tough boys will be seduced by this immensely likeable film.
Contrived? Sure. Predictable? Mostly. Soapy? You bet. But with a cast like this, who cares? August 2, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Contrived? Sure. Predictable? Mostly. Soapy? You bet. But with a cast like this, who cares?
Rollicking, soap-like tale of women's love lives. December 18, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Rollicking, soap-like tale of women's love lives.
Heather Boerner
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