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The Bridges Of Madison County Movie

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The path of Francesca Johnson's future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. While her husband and children are away at the Iowa state fair in the Summer of 1965, Robert Kincaid happens upon the Johnson farm and asks Francesca for directions to Rosamunde Bridge. He explains that he is on assignment from National Geographic magazine to photograph the bridges of Madison County. She agrees to show him to the bridges and thus begins the bittersweet and all-too-brief romance of her life. Through the pain of separation from her secret love and the stark isolation she feels as the details of her life consume her, she writes down the story of this four-day love affair in a 3-volume diary. The diary is found by her children among her possessions and alongside Robert Kincaid's possessions after Francesca is dead. The message they take from the diaries is one of hope that they will do what is necessary to find happiness in their lives — whatever is necessary. After learning that Robert Kincaid's cremated remains were scattered off Rosamunde Bridge and that their mother requested a similar disposition for her own ashes, the children must decide whether to honor their mother's final wishes or bury her alongside their father as the family had planned. Adapted from the novel by Robert Waller, this is the story of love that happens just once in a lifetime — if you're lucky.

ACTORS
Clint Eastwood Robert Kincaid
Meryl Streep Francesca Johnson
Annie Corley Caroline
Victor Slezak Michael Johnson
Jim Haynie Richard Johnson
Sarah Kathryn Schmitt Young Carolyn
Christopher Kroon Young Michael
Phyllis Lyons Betty
Debra Monk Madge
Richard Lage Lawyer
Michelle Benes Lucy Redfield
Brandon Bobst Child
Pearl Faessler Wife
R.E. 'Stick' Faessler Husband
DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating

7.00 out of 10 (14802 votes)

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Love Story For All Time!!

posted on 31 Aug 2009

The most wonderful love story ever to hit the screen in my opinion!! It has moving moments in every scene!! A must see!! Grab a kleenex!!

Good Buy

posted on 31 Aug 2009

This movie was a gift for my mother because she loved it so much. I watched it myself and found it to be a good movie involving two very superior actors and a deep message. Overall a must watch.

For Me, Better the second time around

posted on 31 Aug 2009

Growing up quite near The Bridges of Madison County, I found the book to be quite boring and the movie very laughable. In fact, I here publicly apologize to all the people crying in the theatre as I laughed out loud through out the entire movie.

Years later, due to a category in a Chick Flick book my daughter gave me, I purchased the DVD and watched it in the privacy of my own home.

With the second viewing I found the movie to be a beautiful story and quite entertaining. The first time, the decor, the characters, hit too close to home. For some reason I seemed to remember that Meryl Streep's character constantly using the "f" word. Now, growing up in the area, I found it hysterical that ANYONE could think a farm wife, in that era, no matter where she came from, would even know what that word meant!! As I said, now I have no idea where I came up with that after the first viewing.

Maybe I didn't like it the first time around because it did remind me too much of my home and my family. I had only been married a few years, no children at the time, and I am sure none of us want to consider our parent's having those kind of thoughts.

The second time I had been living in Texas longer than I had in Iowa, and have two grown children. Now I get it and see how it could be possible no matter where you live.

Truly this is a beautiful, endearing story of feelings I think we have all had at some time in our lives. SEE THIS MOVIE!! It is well worth it.

Eastwood's mature, intelligent, moving love story....

posted on 31 Aug 2009

This film, a tender masterpiece, is an anomaly in Hollywood. It's a mature, intelligent, thoughtful, real romantic film, and in the end, sad and heartbreaking, but not despairing. Some have expressed surprise that Eastwood directed this film so well, but I'm not. Eastwood is a great film artist, one of the greatest working today, and he shows his sensitivity and brilliance in this film. This film reminds me of how surprised people were that David Lynch directed The Straight Story (a wonderful film in itself and one of the best of 1999). It's the same principle. Two artists, Lynch and Eastwood, are simply thwarting expectations and surprising their fans with a sincere, heartfelt movie. They do it all the time.


This film is also very mature and intelligent. It is not a chick flick where everything is wrapped up in dumb dialogue, dumb characters, and foolish situations. It is an honest film of two middle aged people who bond almost immediately and really fall in love. Eastwood and Streep (the Academy didn't nominate either of them) give wonderful performances, especially Streep. She's also drop dead gorgeous as well. The film unfolds at a beautiful, leisurely pace (like most Eastwood films).


The film also doesn't make any judgements on the lead characters. Streep's character is married, but she's very unhappy and bored, like many people who have been in a long term marriage. Eastwood's character is not a playboy, but someone who really reveals himself to Streep, something that's brave to do. There's also a powerful scene in a diner where another woman, who was caught having an affair and the small town knows about it, walks into a diner and everyone starts looking down on her. Except Eastwood's character, who offers her a seat next to his. There is not one ounce of moralising here. Clint shows people who are simply human, and it's beautiful.


The Bridges of Madison County is a story for adults, and considering it was made in 1995 (when idiotic teen comedies were polluting the multiplexes), it's even more of a treasure (I wished I had seen it then, the 90's was a rather poor decade overall for films, especially from Hollywood). Hollywood should do more adult romances, and not silly, vapid chick flicks. Chick flicks do more damage to romantics than realistic romance. I prefer my romances to be more grounded in reality and intelligence because there's just as much beauty there, and it's much more fullfilling than any vapid chick flick can offer. This is one of Eastwood's best, most unique films.

dvdlegacy is a lousy seller

posted on 31 Aug 2009

Nothing to review. Never received my order. Emailed seller twice, no responce. Recieved email from seller 4/1/09 said item is being shipped, HaHa, must have been an "April Fools". Seller should be removed from Amazon. Buyers are being ripped off and nobody is doing anything about it.
Amazon should back their buyers and get them their purchase or get them a refund. Numerous complaints from other members. Very disappointed with Amazon.

Bridges Of Madison County-a MUST see!

posted on 31 Aug 2009

What a sensational forbidden love story! Old fashioned and memorable!! It's one you will never forget and will always cherish!!!!

Best Film never to have won an award

posted on 31 Aug 2009

Last night my wife and I watched this movie in "HI-DEFINITION" for the first time. Such glorious cinematography -- the countryside around the bridges of Madison county. "Beautiful music," said my wife. "I think Clint wrote it," I said.

Two nights earlier we had watched Clint Eastwood parry gracefully (that "ah shucks" style of his) with David Letterman, who asked him his age.

"I'm 78," said Clint.

"Now, I look 78!" said Letterman, only half-jokingly, "YOU look about 58!" The simple truth: Clint looks (to our eyes) as young as he did playing "Robert Kincaid, photographer" to Meryl Streep's "Francesca Johnson" Iowa farm wife, in this wonderful film, now 14 years old (1995).

So I came here in search of a 2-Disc "Special Edition" and -- lo and behold!


For those of us who love this movie, it seems incredible that "Bridges" didn't win a single award (though Meryl Streep was nominated for the "Best Actress" Oscar). This understated gem, masterfully directed by Clint Eastwood, remains my favorite of his films . . . actually affording Clint the vehicle for his very best acting; elicited, perhaps, by rising to the occasion -- having to 'act upwards' in the presence of the greatest actor/actress -- and deservedly the "most-nominated." (Did they say Meryl now had "15 nominations" when singing her praises at the Oscars, a week ago?)


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The subtleties of Meryl's reading of an Italian-born mid-westerner "Francesca Johnson" grow ever-more-poignant, as the movie nears its end. We share her `heart-torn-in-two' agony at that moment, in the pouring rain, when her lover's battered, old green (59 GMC) half-ton is stopped ahead of them, at the light, directly in front of their red, (58 Chev) pickup truck.

As if sending one final signal to the "love that comes but once" to their lives -- one last, unspoken urging to "run away with me NOW!" . . . we share Francesca's view as Robert reaches into the glove compartment, then drapes that silver crucifix & chain on his rear view mirror.


Francesca inches her hand to the door handle, preparing to bolt and join her `one true love' . . . fatally delaying her move to the last possible moment. Her husband, noting the license plate on the truck ahead of him says, "That fella's far from home - Washington State! Must be that photographer fella everyone's been talking about."

Francesca's hand actually moves the door handle slightly. Her husband tentatively honks his horn because the light is green and asks, quietly, `Why is he not moving?' Soon the truck ahead turns left, the driver's rain-soaked hair evident through his still rolled-down, window.

They drive forward, Francesca looking back with such longing -- one last glimpse of Robert's truck as it disappears into the rain; then . . . the flood of tears.

"What's wrong?" asks her husband, as if he's never seen her cry like this - his dark eyes wary, with alarm.


"I need a minute," is all she can muster up, covering her face with her hands, dissolving in tears.

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In the final scenes - and the very last one in which we get to see the gentle aging face of Francesca -- she gently, lovingly removes the contents of a box that has just been delivered to her farmhouse --- from the lawyer for Kincaid's estate.

She's inherited his early model Nikon camera, which she recognizes, and quickly sets aside, along with the silver crucifix and chain, before picking up a small red picture book with a dying sunset on its cover; it is the fruit of their few, joyful days together, and titled appropriately "Four Days by Robert Kincaid."

Francesca's lovely old hands open the book to the first printed page, inscribed to her "FOR F" -- below it, an introductory snippet of poetry, "by Byron" Inserted at that page, is a many-times-folded and yellowing note - the one she hand-wrote, after feeding him a home-cooked meal:

"If you'd like supper again
`When white moths are on the wing'
Come by tonight after you're finished.
Anytime is fine."

Beneath the printed page's inscription, "FOR F," is the poem by Byron. (I always mean to jot it down; this time I did!)

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods
There is a rapture on the lonely shore
There is society where none intrude
By the deep sea, and music is to roar . . .

I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I have been before
To mingle with the universe and feel . . .
What I can n'ere express
Yet cannot all conceal."

NOTE for those who care about such things: the achingly-beautiful `love theme' heard throughout this movie (the orchestrations are so evocative) surges up finally, as Francesca appreciates for the first time the book about their Four Days. (Bet "there wasn't a dry eye" at this movie's premiere showing!)


That memorable theme music vividly reminds us of Clint Eastwood's strengths as a musician: He co-wrote this one, calling it "Doe Eyes" -- "Love Theme from The Bridges of Madison County." (His co-composer was Lennie Niehaus.)

Such subtleties didn't come up during Clint's interview with David Letterman. And, perhaps at this late juncture, most of us don't care to watch the credits to their end to learn such things.


Clint Eastwood would be the first to admit, as an actor he is not in Meryl Streep's league (who is?) But in their last scene together, at the supper table, the evening before her husband and son & daughter return with a blue ribbon from the `state fair,' Clint's character `delivers' in his powerless attempt to pursuade "Francesca" to run away with him.


Their characters so needy for each other - the ache is palpable! Each time I watch that moment in this understated gem of a film -- the best `twin-soliloquy' of its kind, I say - our hearts ache for two wonderful, decent human beings who must tear themselves apart. Strangers only days earlier, now they have no real choice but to let go, turn away and 'no looking back.' Yes, the finest film never to have won an award!

Mark Blackburn
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

Wonderful film

posted on 31 Aug 2009

The film that proves that Clint Eastwood has the range and abilities of any of the greats of Hollywood. If you didn't know better, you might dismiss this film as a light romance. In fact it is as heartfelt a look at romance, human lovingkindness and mortality as anything from Hardy or Pasternak. Truly magnificent performances. As near flawless a film as you will ever find.

The Bridges of Madison County

posted on 31 Aug 2009

I love this movie I knew I had to buy one for my video library. I am a huge Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep fan.

Fantastic

posted on 31 Aug 2009

This is a wonderful movie. A great girl's night in sort of love story. You may need a box of tissues!

Bridges of Madison County

posted on 31 Aug 2009

This movie was one of our favorite movies. I had it on VCR tape, but wanted to purchase the DVD because it will be more permanent. It was a beautiful love story, well acted and directed. It is sad that true love was discovered after she becaame a war bride. We even visited the home in Madison County on a vacation, and had our picture taken in the bathtub!!

A Must Have!

posted on 31 Aug 2009

Added this to my collection. This is one of those films that is collaboratively exquisite...acting, directing, cinematogaphy, soundtrack, everything. And no...this won't spoil it if you haven't seen it already. One of my favorite scenes involves a hand clutching at a door handle...Enjoy!!!

One of Eastwood's best

posted on 31 Aug 2009

I became a fan off Eastwood's at an early age after seeing High Plains Drifter. I thought all he could do were cowboy movies and Dirty Harry. Not so. The Bridges of Madison County shows that Eastwood has terrific range, and is a joy to watch, I highly recommend this movie to everyone.

I've got a few issues with this one...

posted on 31 Aug 2009

Okay, so my wife told me that this movie was beyond boring, but since our taste is so different (and I make it a point to see everything related to Oscar in any way) I decided to check this movie out regardless of her feelings. I can see why she said it was boring. I personally didn't find it boring (I have my complaints, don't worry), but I understand why she would say that. Eastwood tried very hard to create a romantic tone to the film, so unless you are drawn to long scenes of two people dancing then you may find yourself; bored.

The film tells the story of Francesca, a middle-aged Italian housewife living in Madison County. When her husband and children are away at the Illinois State Fair she meets and falls in love with a photographer by the name of Robert Kincaid. They have a four day love affair that ends far too quickly (for them) and then they go their separate ways. This story is told in flashbacks as Francesca's two children, Carolyn and Michael, read her diary shortly after her death.

So, ready for my take on this?

I want to start by saying to anyone who may have an issue with this; I rarely ever review a DVD, but always review a film. I don't personally care about extras, I care about the movie. Be realistic, how much time are you going to spend watching a films extra's compared to the film itself, and if the film is not worth buying, are the extra's going to change your mind? So, if you want to know about the bonus features then read another review, but there is no need to click `negative' at the bottom of mine just because I didn't explain all that can be found in the video commentary.

So, here's my take...

I am not a rationalist when it comes to movies; at least not as much as some are. I can totally buy the whole `love at fist sight' bit because it's that suspension of belief that makes movie watching so exciting. If you take everything so literally and seriously then you lose a lot of the joy that comes from movies. That said, I found some of `The Bridges of Madison County' to be a stretch. The ending really did it for me, kind of fell to pieces a bit. I also don't buy Clint Eastwood as a leading man, at all. I think the casting choice (I know he directed, and he probably wanted to get close with Streep, but seriously, this was a bad move) was way off. They were originally going to go with Redford. I'm not a fan of his too much, but at least it would have been more believable. It's hard to invest yourself in the love story when Francesca's attraction to Robert doesn't make much sense.


He's not even all that interesting, really.

I also didn't like the idea of having her children read the diary, addressed to them mind you. It didn't make much sense to me. You see, in order for it to be necessary that her children know about the affair it should be groundbreaking for them. I know that the film tries to make it seem that way (with the children's decisions regarding their mates afterward) but it rested uneasy with me. I didn't see any need whatsoever to inform your children that you were unfaithful to a man who loved you and treated you with respect and dignity. It would have been different if Francesca's husband was a mean man or a tyrant but he was kind and gentle and caring. To make your children aware of you actions is somewhat hurtful in my opinion. That is something you take to your grave, and leave buried.


This isn't a review on my opinions on adultery at all, so don't take it as one. Sure, I believe that adultery is wrong, but I understand that human imperfection causes us to act in ways that are contrary to our own beliefs at times, and we can be taken over by impure lust and moved to do some crazy things (but with Eastwood?) but there is a moral high ground regarding your children that I think any good parent would want to keep, and telling them of your hurtful actions can scar them, permanently.


I also found the actors who portrayed the children and their clichéd reactions to the diary to be rather mediocre and I would have preferred they were not there.

The scenes with Streep and Eastwood, and the love affair that develops, is sweet when you look at it apart from the adultery aspect. It is romantic; Eastwood (the director) makes sure of that. Both Eastwood and Streep act circles around each other, Streep especially pulling out another Oscar worthy performance. She is the queen of the accent and she makes them seem effortless. She has such command over her character, and that scene in the car with her husband, the hand clenching the door handle, just marvelous acting (heartbreaking too). So don't get me wrong here, there is something to like about this movie, and the story that develops is endearing (I never found it boring). I just wish that it had been handled a little better in parts. Cast another leading man and clean up the way in which the story is told (no need for flashbacks, the film is powerful enough without them) and it could have been a five star movie. Instead I give it a high C, thanks to Streep and her unfathomable talent.

The Bridges of Madison County

posted on 31 Aug 2009

I was completely satisfied with my purchase.The amount of time it took to get here was short and on time. I really love when that happens.

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This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime

posted on 31 Aug 2009

The Bridges of Madison County is a great film. It was based on a novel written by Robert James Waller. He finished his manuscript in just eleven days, intending it to be a gift for various friends and family. One of his friends asked if he could try to interest a literary agent in the book. Waller got a call from a New York agent who asked, "...Robert, where have you been all my life?" It was a powerful narrative, though some critics complained that it was poorly written. Nevertheless, there was something in the story that really resonated with a large segment of the public.


Various directors and actors were suggested for bringing the story to the silver screen. Sydney Pollack was supposed to direct it with Robert Redford as the star. Other contenders for the female lead included Cher, Isabella Rossellini, Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Barbara Hershey and Anjelica Huston. Next it was going to be Bruce Beresford, but he wanted to make the Francesca Johnson character English, and the studio didn't accept this direction.

Eastwood proved to be the best possible choice for director, and he directed himself well as the National Geographic photographer assigned to take pictures of the covered bridges of Madison County. Meryl Streep stars as Francesca Johnson, a farmer's wife who has a four-day stand with the photographer that proves to be the love of her life, though she stays with her husband. As an actress, Meryl did all the things that Oscar hungry actors do to prove their commitment to their characters: Meryl played the character as both middle aged and old. Streep gained 15 or 20 pounds to play the role, and she speaks with an Italian accent. She is really good with accents, but that is just the beginning. What really impressed me was how she could convey such complex emotions, yet she was always totally believable and natural.

There is a really great scene where she prepares dinner for her family, and they all eat, each in their own worlds, oblivious to her obvious excitement, anticipating spending time with the photographer, Robert Kincaid, while her family is away. Since we know what the family doesn't, and since the camera is focusing on her, we see that she has a twinkle in her eye--but no one else notices anything out-of-the-ordinary. Streep is acting up a storm, but she makes it all seem so natural and realistic. This scene is a fine piece of acting, where it is not the culmination of the story arc, but just an average day in the life. Streep makes it all count, and all these little scenes set the stage for the really dramatic show downs when their emotions boil over.


The two children, when they learn of their mother's secret life, are shocked and dismayed, and very angry at their mother for betraying their father. But as they read more of the letters they come to a new understanding of their mother, and make changes for the better in their own lives. They go from acting like a couple of jerks to being very sympathetic characters. As good and well cast as these roles are, the main focus is on the once-in-a-lifetime romance between Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson. Eastwood and Streep prove to be the perfect combination.

Just a few random notes on other things I loved about The Bridges of Madison County:

Meryl Streep was trained as an opera singer, and though she doesn't sing here, there are two scenes with Maria Callas singing. One is "Casta Diva from 'Norma'" by Vincenzo Bellini. The other is "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix from 'Samson et Dalila'" by Camille Saint-Saëns. As Francesca listens to some opera on the radio, her daughter switches to a station that is playing "Leader of the Pack" performed by The Shangri-las. This gesture speaks volumes about the mother-daughter relationship, and also shows how much her family takes her for granted. The opera is a great touch for her character, who is from Italy. Streep can be heard singing Country Western in Postcards From the Edge, and does a great job. She currently is in the ABBA musical, Mama Mia. She wanted very badly to have the role of Evita, and felt that she was a much better singer than Madonna. Hey, I'm inclined to believe her.


Robert Kincaid is more of a jazz fan, and there are some great cuts with baritone crooner Johnny Hartman setting the mood. Hartman is best known among jazz fans for his stunning album of ballads recorded with John Coltrane. Eastwood showcases some stuff that Hartman did without Coltrane, neglected gems worthy of further attention. Also heard are Irene Kral, Dinah Washington, and Ahmad Jamal. At one point Robert Kincaid takes Francesca to a rural blues joint where they are not likely to see anyone that knows her. It is a great scene and also gives him a chance to show off his son Kyle who plays bass with the group, The James Rivers Band. Eastwood himself, who plays piano, composed the theme music along with Lennie Niehaus, who also did the music for Bird.


Selected Films and Roles of Meryl Streep

The Devil Wears Prada (Widescreen Edition) (2006) .... Miranda Priestly was something different for Streep, a cold hearted business woman. Great performance that might have gotten more than an Oscar nomination if only her character wasn't so mean.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006) .... More accents for Streep as Yolanda Johnson, and also some good singing.

Adaptation (Superbit Collection). (2002) .... Streep is Susan Orlean in this convoluted story within a story about a writer trying to adapt a book about orchids into a film script. It is the second script for Charlie Kaufman after Being John Malkovich.

Postcards from the Edge (1990) .... Streep plays Suzanne Vale, an actress with mother issues. Mom, played by Shirley McLaine, is always upstaging. Written by Carrie Fisher, whose real life mom, Debbie Reynolds, might possibly have provided some material. Streep sings country western! She does great, starting out shaky but with a strong finish. "Checking Out of This Heartbreak Hotel" serves as a metaphor for her journey of self discovery and personal empowerment.

A Cry in the Dark (1988) AKA Evil Angels .... Streep did good job acting, perhaps better than Out of Africa. Streep's character, Lindy Chamberlain, was a real person in Australia who was sent to prison for killing her child, but claimed that "the dingoes got my baby." After a long time behind bars they finally decided that her story could have been true. Meanwhile, the line became a target for parody. The line even provided a name for a band on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Out of Africa (1985) .... As Karen Blixen Streep used a Danish accent. Redford's character was supposed to be English, but he refused. Streep however, can't resist the challenge of mastering a new accent, and it is one of the main tools in her acting toolbox.


Directed by Clint Eastwood

Million Dollar Baby (Full Screen Edition) (2004) This Oscar winning film, directed by Clint Eastwood, has Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hillary Swank in the leading roles. It is about the sport of female boxing.

Bird (1988) Eastwood directed Forest Whitaker in this biography of jazz musician Charlie Parker. Eastwood has quite a feel for jazz, and he worked with Lennie Niehaus on the soundtrack, and Lennie also did the music for TBOMC.

Honkytonk Man (1982) Eastwood played the Honkytonk Man, and his son, Kyle played his nephew who followed in his uncle's musical footprints. In TBOMC Kyle has a part as a bass player for the James Rivers Band, who all play themselves.

Play Misty for Me (1971) This early directorial effort by Eastwood also has a jazz theme. He plays a jazz DJ who is stalked by a fan who always requests that he play "Misty." I think that the version he plays is by Errol Garner.


Caroline: Who knew that, in between bake sales, my mother was Anaïs Nin?

The Bridges of Madison County.

posted on 30 Aug 2009

I had to do watch this movie for a class project.I have always been a Clint Eastwood fan.At first I didn't want to watch a love movie with Clint Eastwood in it. The Dirty Harry/Bad boy of movies. It put me to sleep at first because it was so slow. But when I put it on for the second time because I had to watch it for the project.I have to say it was a wonderful story of two people who meet for the first time and fall in love. After the story unfolds you start to understand why Meryl Streep ( Francesca Johnson )has to pick from her family or Clint Eastwood (Robert Kincaid )a photographer for the National Geograpic how she fall in love with. It is a great movies that every couple should watch.

Torn between self and family

posted on 18 Aug 2009

The Bridges of Madison County definitely highlighted the talents of Clint Eastwood (Robert Kincaid) and especially Meryl Streep (Francesca Johnson) to a nearly flawless performance. I've come accustom over recent years to see how much Eastwood has developed as a director. His films have generated a lot of interest and I think it's because how he manages to pull at our heart strings and convey the sentimentality between characters. 'Bridges of Madison' does just that pulls you in by the chemistry of Streep and Eastwood. It's also the beautiful storyline and how it's told through flash back after the death of Francesca. She leaves a letter to her 2 children explaining her love affair with Robert Kincaid, a man she met some 30 yrs prior. This was her legacy to them, and to share the true meaning of love and sacrifice.

Can infidelity be condoned?

posted on 18 Aug 2009

This story about the lowly housewife being left alone home for a few days while her husband and children are away at a state fair in a Neighboring state. Then she is swept off of her feet by a traveling photographer from National Geographic. While being a good movie, the question posed is a way to ask the viewer to condone and accept infidelity. That can never be condoned, accepted, or approved.

135 minutes of pure emotion

posted on 16 Jun 2009

Sometimes when you see a film about two people in love, you wonder if the writer has ever been through that unique experience. With Bridges you know from the beginning that the writer has experienced these emotions first hand. It is probably the best account of two people falling in love that has ever been seen on the screen, and if you have ever been through something similar, it will all come flooding back to you.There are very few actors that could carry off the part of Francesca and Meryl Streep does so to perfection. Her every movement conveys the character. Eastwood is almost her equal and considering that he is also directing, portrays Kincaid in his usual laid back yet intense way. Ladies I know find him extraordinarily attractive, and this reviewer certainly feels that way about Streep. Jack Green's simple photography does not detract from the story but, a minor criticism, the sound is a little boomy and distant - "authentic" perhaps.If you've ever been in love, or if you want to see what it's like, watch this film. It is a delight.

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