The Bridges of Madison County

Hands down my favorite movie of all time. I may be biased since Meryl Streep is my favorite actress. But if one thinks about the twists and decisions made in the story, only then will the real beauty of it be... Full review

When the soul of a movie is reflected in an actor's eyes then you have a miracle, you have something that's going to last. Meryl Streep in "The Bridges Of Madison County" is such a miracle to me. I never... Full review

On the page "The Bridges of Madison County" often read like a reject from Mills and Boon and yet it was tremendously popular. People who normally wouldn't read this sort of thing were not only reading it but quoting it.... Full review

After the movie, your thoughts still lingering, what will happen if CLint and Meryl .... This is a very mature film, it provoke your thoughts on relationship, commitments between adults.... Full review

Only a blind man would get this thrown out of kilter for Merly Streep. It just didn't work for me. The last hour of this movie was pure tortue.... Full review

I cry everytime she stops herself from opening the door and running away. Very timeless movie and TRUE classic. Love it!... Full review

This is my favorite movie of all times. It is a great love story. It is real, so many people stay in a relationship due to obligation, children, comfort zone, security, financial reasons instead of following their heart. They love the... Full review

Clint Eastwood is very understated. I truly believe it is Eastwood's performance that got Streep an Oscar nomination. This is a classic story of a woman left alone for a time and considers the greener grass on the other side of... Full review

I like clint Eastwood as an actor but I could barely stay awake through this. Thanks to the forward button I cruised through this yawn fest in about 20 minutes. Clint Eastwood is still a good actor but he has just... Full review

I love this movie because I can relate. I know what it's like to be married to someone who is not in touch with the real you (althogh he is a good hard working man). And I love the 60's setting.... Full review

And it's Streep's masterpiece of cinema.....Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion (2006) is a good film, with a great Streep performance....do they turn up on very many lists of favorite films.....It's also useful to consider the near miracle that this movie is.....Eastwood is arguably the greatest director Streep ever had.... ... Full Review

And it's probably the sweetest film he's made, too....if you will, and as such it's probably the gentlest film Eastwood has ever made.....Instead, we get clear, well-focused medium shots, a few close-ups, and a simple jazz-inflected score by Lennie Niehaus.....he's largely content to point his camera in the right direction.... ... Full Review

Which is probably what this lousy, tedious movie deserved. Bridges mistakes extended character development for good character development. Well, maybe I can gripe a little, if just because we expect more from two such notable actors. ... Full Review

The flashfowards are mercifully brief and easy to forgive since the rest of The Bridges of Madison County is so good. Unlike a more male picture, the script never vilifies the absent spouse. ... Full Review

For the final problem that besets "The Bridges of Madison County," the problem that no amount of talent can make go away, is that Robert Kincaid is about as real a person as Little Lord Fauntleroy, a wish-fulfillment cartoon of masculinity whose success as a fantasy figure led directly to the book's enormous financial success but creates believability problems when transferred to the screen. ... Full Review

Related: "Where the Wild Things Are" opens soon, and we're quivering with fear. What's the best film adaptation of a book? Not because of the yellow-eyed monsters but because we're worried our beloved story could be ruined. ... Full Article

Kyle Rupprecht | Published November 12, 2008 The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is now accepting entries for their 23rd annual Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards, taking place Sunday, February 15, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. ... Full Article

The intense desire of a married woman for a nomadic photographer portrayed in The Bridges of Madison County Indecent Proposal might have been hideously rehashed by ignorant Indian filmmakers, but the original is still considered one of Hollywoods greatest films. ... Full Article

Desultory Harry.Warner Bros. has released a cleaned-up special edition of the third "Dirty Harry" film, 1976's The Enforcer , starring Clint Eastwood and Tyne Daly. ... Full Article

Meryl Streep received her 10th Academy Award nomination with this film based on the phenomenal best-selling book of the same name by Robert James Waller. ... Full Article

The Bridges of Madison County is a very touching love story between a traveling National Geographic photographer, Robert Kincaid, played by Clint Eastwood, and an Iowa housewife, Francesca, played by Meryl Streep. ... Full Article