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I have seen the movie and subsequently read the book, years ago. They are both distinct entities. The movie is a "feel-good" movie, with "satisfying" painful moments and happy ones.
It is a great challenge for movie directors to do justice to books made into movies, because they are completely two distinct art forms. Movies made from books generally are an entity of their own, which can be a total delight if done well. Not only can they enhance the book, they can totally bring it to life in a very memorable way. This one meets that test, as does (in my opinion) "Cold Mountain" and "Fried Green Tomatoes".
The most satisfying aspect of this movie for me is the recurrent theme of forgiveness. Each of the main characters faces a situation where forgiveness is desperately needed, either from someone else or themselves. That's what this movie is really all about for me. We all need forgiveness for our mistakes, which we don't always get. That's why it's nice to watch it happen for someone else. Thank you to the makers of this movie. It made me "feel good"!
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This has always been a favorite of mine & now I'm happy to own it!
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This movie has to be one of the best. It shows marriage to be what it really is, and that doesn't mean a fairytale ending. It's a movie I'd show to any of my friends and I would say an all time favorite of mine. It's a must buy!
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I purchased this movie for the simplicity of it and all of the beautiful women who were featured in the movie, notably Maya Angelou, Jean Simmons, and the other beautiful ladies in this film along with Winona Ryder. It's a movie I will watch again and again.
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One of things about Jocelyn Moorhouse films (PROOF,THE THOUSAND ACRES) is that she knows how to direct scripts that include a multitude of characters that have their own individual stories -which is not always an easy task to accomplish.Moorhouse succeeds brilliantly! The screenplay which was adapted from Whitney Otto's novel tells a tender story of 26 year old Finn (Winina Ryder) and the seven women who have been a part of her life off and on since early childhood.These women have been meeting regularly over at least thirty years in order to make quilts.The magic in making a quilt is "the ability to make the right choices which enhance the other colours,whereas the wrong choices dull the quilt."The end purpose of the quilt is in "seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches." Throughout this touching and almost magical film filled with poignant performances uniformly,the women devulge their collective life choices one by one to Finn who,not certain of her path in life or her certainty in marrying her fiance,learns from these older women how to possibly choose rightly in all areas in her own life.Each woman has a deep tale of love,desire,betrayal,jealousy,anger and heartbreak,yet each has survived to learn some lessons about love and forgiveness, and it is these life lessons which become the patchwork quilt that they give to Finn.The conclusion:"life has no rules to follow:go by instinct:be brave."
This really is an excellent film and the ever brilliant Thomas Newman has once again composed a heartfelt score to weave into this delicate piece of art.This movie is so reminscent of other films such as STEEL MAGNOLIAS,THE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD and THE JOY LUCK CLUB that deal with the "collective conscience" of an ensemble of women who are indelibly connected to aid a younger struggling woman.
I personally am not fond of the label "chick flick" being attached to films such as this.AMERICAN QUILT is a story that teaches life lessons to all people about choices and the learning and maturing process that all humans undergo.Perhaps the most interesting character in this film is that of the tortured artist Dean,husband to one of the women.It is through Dean that we see that men are figures too with sensitivies who make the same mistakes and wrong choices that women do,and yet still have the same capacity and need for love and forgiveness.
The film constantly flips back and forth from the past to the present,but Jocelyn Moorhouse keeps every story clear and each character identified and in focus, as well as keeping the films themes ever before us.
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