Rotten
It hurls its humanity at you like rotten tomatoes.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
Soft Fruit
It's not where you're going in life - it's who's going with you.
1999 · 1h 41m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Christina Andreef
Overview
For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to meet a mystery man who may be her ex-husband. The third & youngest daughter is an unmarried nurse aware of her ticking biological clock. The only son chases after his grumpy father who seems to not care a whit about his wife's circumstances. The four are also faced my their mother's dreams to accomplish a few things before she dies - to visit a beach she had visited in the past, to see her youngest married, and to visit Paris. She also wants to be embalmed and be honored with a 21 gun salute. Thus the whole group has to set off in the quest to fulfill their mother's wishes.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's not especially well-written: It shifts uneasily between grotesque humor and pathos.
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
Fresh
The outcome is clear from the beginning. But getting there proves a rare revelation.
Andrea C. Basora, Newsweek
Rotten
Frequent indulgences in sentiment and caricature.
Gene Seymour, Newsday
Fresh
Soft Fruit belongs ... to the divine Ms. Drynan, who plays a dying, unfulfilled, ordinary woman without embellishment or overstatement but with mischievous reserve and surprising sensuality.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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