December 1, 2010 - #90/100
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
The path of Francesca Johnson's (Meryl Streep) future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. While her husband and children are away at the state fair in the summer of 1965, Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) happens turn into the Johnson farm and asks Francesca for directions to Roseman Bridge. Francesca later learns that he was in Iowa on an assignment from National Geographic magazine. At first, she is reluctant, but she eventually agrees to show him to the bridge. Eventually, she falls in love with him, and has a brief affair with him. But, she doesn't go with him because she doesn't want to leave her family. Once she dies, journals are found by her children, explaining everything that happened with Robert. She leaves a special request in her will, and her children must decide whether to honor their mother's final wishes or not. Overall, I thought that the movie was pretty good. Parts of it seemed to move kind of slow, but I thought that Meryl Streep did an outstanding job, as usual.
I gave this movie 8/10 stars on imdb.com.
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