HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT
(Feature) 1995, 112 Minutes
STARRING
WINONA RYDER, ANNE BANCROFT, ELLEN BURSTYN, KATE NELLIGAN, ALFRE WOODARD, MAYA ANGELOU, KATE CAPSHAW, LOREN DEAN, SAMANTHA MATHIS, DERMOT MULRONEY, DERRICK O'CONNOR, JEAN SIMMONS, LOIS SMITH, RIP TORN, MYKELTI WILLIAMSON and ADAM BALDWIN
WRITTEN BY JANE ANDERSON
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY WHITNEY OTTO
DIRECTED BY JOCELYN MOORHOUSE
CHARACTER:
FINN'S FATHER
CHARACTERS STORY:
WELL, HE IS THE DIVORCED FATHER OF THE MAIN CHARACTER FINN. THAT'S ABOUT IT. ADAM ONLY APPEARS IN THIS FILM IN A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS NEAR THE START...THATS IT! I FELT ROBBED, ESPECIALLY AS HE IS LISTED IT THE CREDITS QUITE HIGH UP. ALTHOUGH I DID GET THE DESTINCT IMPRESSION THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD MORE SCENES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CUT.
THE FILM:
WINONA RYDER SHINES IN A DEEPLY MOVING AND TOUCHINGLY FUNNY FILM FROM AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT. BERKELEY GRADUATE STUDENT FINN (RYDER) IS SPENDING THE SUMMER AT THE HOME OF HER SPARRING GRANDMOTHER AND AUNT (OSCAR-WINNERS ELLEN BURSTYN AND ANNE BANCROFT). THEIR HOUSE IS A QUIET HAVEN WHERE FINN INTENDS TO FINISH HER LATEST THESIS AND THINK OVER A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL. BUT WHEN SHE MEETS SEXY, SMOULDERING LEON, THINGS BEGIN TO GET COMPLICATED. AS SHE WRESTLES WITH HER DECISION, THE WOMEN IN HER GRANDMOTHER'S QUILTING CIRCLE CONFIDE TO HER THE STORIES OF THE LOVES THAT SHAPED THEIR OWN LIVES. ALSO STARRING MAYA ANGELOU, KATE NELLIGAN, JEAN SIMMONS, LOIS SMITH AND ALFRE WOODARD, 'HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT' BRINGS UNBRIDLED PASSION, TRUE LOVE, BETRAYAL, JOY AND HEARTBREAK VIVIDLY TO LIFE IN A CAPTIVATING CINEMATIC TAPESTRY THAT CELEBRATES FINDING YOUR WAY AND FOLLOWING YOUR HEART.
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LEAFANS REVIEW:
SOPPY PIECE OF SENTIMENTAL CRAP IN MY OPINION, BUT ALL-IN-ALL WELL ACTED AND WRITTEN. ADAMS PART IS PATHETIC AND THIS ONE IS ONE TO AVOID UNLESS YOU HAVE ALL THE OTHER BALDWIN STUFF AVAILABLE, AS HE IS ONLY IN A FEW PHOTO'S AT THE START... NO, SERIOUSLY!
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