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03/26/09
Rambling Rose (1991)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:16
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: A touching. bittersweet, and wonderfully-acted film.
Synopsis: Based on Calder Willingham's novel of the same name, RAMBLING ROSE is a domestic drama set in a small Georgia town during the 1930s. The main character is Rose (Laura Dern), a lower-class girl with... [More]
Starring: Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas
Director: Martha Coolidge
Reviews for Rambling Rose
1 - 19 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticSeen in a flashback through the eyes of an adolescent, this uncommon coming-of-age tale, which raises poignant questions about the mysteries of sex and love, flaunts a superb performance from Laura Dern as the promiscuous girl
10/31/06
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06/24/06
No review available.
08/22/03
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07/30/03
Top CriticA quirky, funny but moving story with terrific performances all around.
07/17/03
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05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
10/21/02
No review available.
09/03/02
Probes the mixture of fear and awe many men experience when they meet the life-force of women.
05/08/02
A modest but pleasingly adult entertainment at a time when even the most promising American films ultimately revert to Pollyannaish platitudes.
01/09/02
It's a beauty.
05/12/01
A touching, humorous and enjoyable film.
01/01/00
So much here is rich and touching, not to mention the string of superb performances, that the film still merits a recommendation.
01/01/00
Willingham, who also scripted Paths of Glory, Little Big Man and The Graduate, wrote Rose in the early 1970s. Thanks to these sterling performances almost two decades later, his screenplay enjoys a fresh and tender blossoming.
01/01/00
Top Critic[A] funny, moving, spectacularly acted little film.
01/01/00
Top CriticTruly extraordinary performances, the familiar yet rarely predictable script and the fertile subtext that looks at sexuality and desire through feminist question marks, makes 'Rambling Rose' one of the year's most touching and absorbing movie experiences.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
The movie is all character and situation, and contains some of the best performances of the year, especially in the ensemble acting of the four main characters.
01/01/00
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