Film Forum

U.S., 1985
Directed by Peter Masterson
Written by Horton Foote
Starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay
WINNER Academy Awards® – Best Actress (Geraldine Page), 1985
Approx. 108 min.

“A superbly crafted drama featuring the performance of a lifetime by Geraldine Page. She plays Mrs Watts, a woman whose determination to escape the confines of life in a small Houston apartment with her selfless son Ludie (John Heard) and his domineering wife Jessie Mae (Carlin Glynn) leads her on a moving and memorable journey across the Gulf Coast to return to Bountiful, the town where she was born and raised.”  – Variety

Reviews

“Geraldine Page is redoubtable... She somehow always manages to have a hint of girlishness in all of her performances, always seems to be up to something roguish and not ever quite ready to cave in to age, and finds just the right notes.”
– Roger Ebert

“Geraldine Page has never been in better form, nor in more firm control of that complex, delicate mechanism that makes her one of our finest actresses.”
– Vincent Canby, The New York Times

“It is played out in such a special, gentle way that you will want to anticipate and savor it for yourself.”
– Gene Siskel

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