Fresh
With Eastwood as Kincaid and Meryl Streep as Francesca, this carefully observant love story turns Waller's pop-lit passion into screen art.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
The Bridges of Madison County
A love like this happens to some of us sooner or later. For Robert and Francesca, it was later.
1995 · 2h 15m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
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The Bridges of Madison County
Overview
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Director and cast
- Clint Eastwood Director
- Meryl Streep as Francesca Johnson
- Clint Eastwood as Robert Kincaid
- Annie Corley as Caroline Johnson
- Victor Slezak as Michael Johnson
- Jim Haynie as Richard Johnson
- Sarah Zahn as Young Carolyn
- Christopher Kroon as Young Michael
- Phyllis Lyons as Betty
- Debra Monk as Madge
- Richard Lage as Lawyer Peterson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Bridges is an admirable achievement, one that probably does more to reposition its maker as someone who can carry a movie without carrying a gun than as the director/star of a Love Story for the Loving Care set.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The result, if rather thin and certainly far from a masterpiece, is nevertheless quite lovely. This affecting little film is easily one of Eastwood's best efforts as a director.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
The two leads' sly comic rhythm is miles removed from the book's failing solemnity.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
Eastwood's Bridges has the energy and spontaneity of a picture that was shot quickly. And that serves the material well, because it removes the solemnity that could stiffle a modern classic.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
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