The Bridges of Madison County

    The Bridges of Madison County
    1995

    Synopsis

    Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

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    Cast

    • Clint EastwoodRobert Kincaid
    • Meryl StreepFrancesca Johnson
    • Annie CorleyCaroline Johnson
    • Victor SlezakMichael Johnson
    • Jim HaynieRichard Johnson
    • Sarah ZahnYoung Carolyn (as Sarah Kathryn Schmitt)
    • Christopher KroonYoung Michael
    • Phyllis LyonsBetty
    • Debra MonkMadge
    • Richard LageLawyer Peterson

    Recommendations

    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      It is easy to analyze the mechanism, but more difficult to explain why this film is so deeply moving.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      A beautiful film, not only in the way it was photographed, but for the manner through which the characters are revealed to us.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      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.
    • 78

      Austin Chronicle

      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.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      Clint Eastwood transcends the story's cliches with a classically restrained yet steadily imaginative filmmaking style.
    • 70

      Washington Post

      The reason for the film's success is simple. Screenwriter Richard LaGravenese and director Eastwood skirt most of novelist Robert James Waller's excesses.
    • 50

      Los Angeles Times

      LaGravenese... has understood that the worst of Bridges is not in its dialogue but in the silent musings that occupy its characters' minds. By keeping those thoughts unspoken, by allowing the camera to show instead of having words tell, much has been accomplished.
    • 50

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Even those who despised the original novel should not have trouble stomaching Bridges, while the novel's fans will find the film -- despite some additions -- generally true to what they perceive to be the book's spirit.

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