The Trip to Bountiful | Geraldine Page, John Heard

The Trip to Bountiful | Geraldine Page, John Heard | Softly and Tenderly

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The Trip to Bountiful

	The Trip to Bountiful Geraldine Page, John Heard FilmDallas Pictures; MGM (Video & DVD), 2005 average customer review:based on 67 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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I was so happy to hear Bountiful was FINALLY on dvd. I had waited so long.

It is without a doubt one of my top 5 Favorite Movies. Ms Page is absolutely outstanding as Carrie Watts. The oscar she received for the role was well deserved. Like a review before said, Ms Page had nuances of a southern lady down pat. I could have sworn that she was my grandmother, right down to the hymn singing. I do wish some of the other cast had won for supporting actors. All played their parts so well.

Now my reasons for liking this movies so much is:

1. A movie about Southerners in which Southeners are cast in a positive manner, not as a bunch of racist and rednecks.
2. The acting and script is simply outstanding.
3. A story that just about everyone can relate to on some level. Everyone that lives long enough on this earth will eventually have their own Bountiful that they would love to go back too, if just for one last time.
4. A movie where every other word isn't a 'F-bomb'.
5. LOVE the music. How many times have I heard/sang 'Softly and Tenderly' when the invitation was given at the end of the sermon, but the version in this movie just moves you. If it doesn't, you really need to 'check' yourself...and soon.
6. A movie where religion plays a part without being 'preachy'.

Too bad movies of this caliber are few and far between any more.

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Softly and Tenderly

I never view movies or read books more than once, but this one has been a keeper for me for many years. The first time I saw it I bought the VHS. I have to have the DVD just in case my VCR breaks and I need to view it again at the end of a stressful day. I have no idea why. The variation of old hymns through the movie is wonderful even though I'm not religious. The acting is wonderful from Page to the villian daughter-in-law, but neither of these makes is one of the best movies ever produced. It's just someting of the heart.

F. Murray Abraham may have been right

When F. Murray Abraham stood before the Academy and announced that Geraldine Page had won the Oscar for Best Actress, he called her "the greatest actress in the English language." Now that was over the top, yes, but Page was never better or more moving than in this brilliantly understated role. It serves as the capstone of a long and distinguished career, and every film lover owes it to himself or herself to see it, if only to understand how powerful and beautiful a simple, honest movie can be. It still chokes me up.

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AS GOOD AS FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

I just watched the new dvd version of this film and enyoyed it as much as I did 10 years ago. These are real full- of -life characters,I even liked the bitchy daughter in law. Geraldine Page deserved her Oscar. Incidently, have the opening credits been redone...looks like video vs the rest of the film.

Geraldine: a great actress

Some of the scenes in this movie take you back to a place that once was...before the days of mass machinery and walmarts. It's a battle of generations. It's a slower paced movie but a keepsake. You're taken into a world of desiring to go back to your roots. Any person who's lived in the country but has experienced city life will, I think, appreciate this movie. The main character quotes scripture and the movie begins and ends with a hymn; all so unusual for hollywood. This movie reveals how much our world has changed.

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