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Soft Fruit

EMAILPRINTFox Searchlight Pictures

Soft Fruit reviews
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9.0 User Score:

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Based on 8 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Christina Andreef

Directed by: Christina Andreef

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 17, 2000

Running Time: 101 minutes, Color

Origin: Australia / USA

Summary

RATING: R for sexuality/nudity, language and drug content

Starring Jeanie Drynan, Linal Haft, Geneviève Lemon, and Sacha Horler

A comical family drama about going home, letting go and finding acceptance in the most unlikely places. (20th Century Fox)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

78

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Yields beguiling nectar.

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75

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

A slog to get through, but Jeanie Drynan's nuanced performance as the enduring matriarch makes it all worthwhile.

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70

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

This Australian tear-jerker finds more humor than you'd imagine possible in the story of a dying woman getting to know her adult children.

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60

Village Voice Jessica Winter

Bursting with grotesque burlesques of household relations.

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60

The New York Times Dana Stevens

The general talent and dedication of the ensemble mitigate the script's occasional lapses into sentimentality and noisy confrontation.

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40

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

The characters...are so unlikable that one longs for a bit of cheap sentiment if only to make them palatable.

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38

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Honest but also derivative and crude.

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20

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Asks us to spend 101 minutes with people most of us wouldtake pains to avoid in real life.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Mike L. gave it an 8:
Great movie. Nearly as good as "Bliss" and on par with "Muriel's Wedding." I found my copy in Blockbuster's dumpster as they jettison VHS. What a lucky find!

Catherine L. gave it a 10:
A great movie, I was alternately laughing and crying. Andreef brings out the humanity of each of the characters, despite their often difficult personalities.

Chrystal W. gave it a 9:
Very true to life....how many people actually know how to act when someone they love is dying right before their very eyes?

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