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Soft Fruit
Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Critic Score
Metascore: 56 Metascore out of 100
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9.0 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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MPAA 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)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Christina Andreef  
DIRECTED BY: Christina Andreef  
RELEASE DATE: Video: July 18, 2000 
Theatrical: March 17, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Australia / USA 

What The Critics Said

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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

Vote Now!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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