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- 1969
- R
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 41 m
- 1969
- R
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 41 m
Summary When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Francis Ford Coppola
- 1969
- R
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 41 m
- 1969
- R
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 1 h 41 m
The Rain People
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Summary When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Francis Ford Coppola
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
66
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
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4 Reviews
0% Negative
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As for Coppola and his world, it's difficult to say whether his film is successful or not. That's the beautiful thing about a lot of the new, experimental American directors, they'd rather do interesting things and make provocative observations than try to outflank John Ford on his way to the Great American Movie.
A journey by car that becomes a journey into the inner self, Wild Strawberries played a crucial role in creating what is now thought of as an American genre, the Road Movie. [11 Jun 1995, p.12]
Intense and affecting. [24 Jun 1990, p.67]
The vocabulary of film, with its subliminal grammar is even more susceptible to corruption than mere words. And Coppola, one of the most technically proficient of the new directors, proves himself, once again, a master of the visual cliche. [25 Sep 1969, p.55]
The movie races all over the place in a hurry to illuminate the "little people" who live in quiet desperation. It's a bit too noisy for that, and yet there is enough about it to warrant attention.
Like its main character, the movie hits the road with no final destination in mind, and the manic inventiveness that sustains the early passages becomes strained and weird by the end.
Writer-director Francis Coppola, scrutinizing the flight of a neurotic young woman and her efforts to assist a brain-damaged ex-football player, has developed an overlong, brooding film incorporating some excellent photography. Often lingering too long on detail to build effects, he manages to lose character sympathy.
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