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The Bridges of Madison County
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66 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep
  • Summary: World-traveling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid (Eastwood) and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson (Streep) aren't looking to turn their lives upside down. Each is at a point in life where expectations are behind them. Yet four days after meeting, they won’t want to lose the love they've found in this story of love, choice and consequence. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    100
    To say that Eastwood, who directed, has done a first-rate job of adaptation fails to do him justice. What he's brought off is closer to alchemy.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    It is easy to analyze the mechanism, but more difficult to explain why this film is so deeply moving.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    60
    While this adaptation of Waller's treacly bodice-ripper leaves out a lot of the lurid excess, it is not altogether free of pomposity.

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  1. JulianB
    10
    A romantic and wonderful movie
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  2. PatrickG.
    10
    Clint Eastwood is working on full cylinders here. A very moving portrait. Close to melodrama, but never slipping into the mushy abysm of the novel on which it's based. It deserves all the praise in the world for it's honesty, bravery, and intelligence.… Expand
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