The Trip to Bountiful
by Peter Masterson
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Actor: Carlin Glynn, Geraldine Page, John Heard, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard BradfordDirector: Peter Masterson
Brand: PAGE,GERALDINE
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy
Producer: Dennis Bishop
Producer: George Yaneff
Producer: Horton Foote
Writer: Horton Foote
Producer: Sam Grogg
Producer: Sterling Van Wagenen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-12
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: FilmDallas Pictures; MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Trip to Bountiful
Movie Review: The type of movie that stirs the soul...
Summary: 5 Stars
I tried to find some fault with this movie, but I simply couldn't. I tried to pick apart Geraldine Page's performance, but I truly can't.
Why, you may ask, would I want to dislike this movie?
Well, for the mere fact that Whoopi Goldberg gave the performance of her career in `The Color Purple' and Page stole her Oscar. Sure, Goldberg got her Oscar in 1990 (despite Bening being the better supporting actress that year) but I think everyone under the sun knows deep down that that 1985 Best Actress Oscar should have been hers. So, with that on my mind, I sat down to watch and criticize this small little film; but my end feelings on the film are far different from what I expected.
`The Trip to Bountiful' tells the beautifully uplifting story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman living with her son and daughter-in-law. She is miserable, living under the sharp reign of her daughter-in-law Jessie Mae and she desires to see her old home in Bountiful before she dies. Living in the prison her daughter-in-law has created for her is not the way in which she wishes to die. Carrie hatches a plan to flee, hiding her social security check from Jessie Mae's greedy paws and making her way to the train station and heading out towards the place she fondly remembers as home. Along the way she meets up with the tenderly compassionate Thelma and the sympathetic town Sheriff who offers to take her to see her abandoned home.
`The Trip to Bountiful' is as sad as it is inspiring and it will leave you speechless by the films end. This is the story of a woman who has been reduced to living a life she wouldn't wish on anyone, and the very thought of just seeing a place that brings her fond memories is enough to make her feel like a kid again, happy and care-free. This woman's emotional journey is brought to life by Geraldine Page's fantastic performance (she is still second fiddle to Whoopi). She really gathers behind this woman's every solitary emotion and fleshes it out before our very eyes. She loves her son, and in a way she even loves her daughter-in-law, but she can't live the life they have set for her. She can't take the fighting and the worrying and the constant feeling of fear in her own home.
Page is supported by a nice cast of supporting actors, most notably John Heard who plays her son Ludie. He does such a phenomenal job, especially in his final scene, of exposing the hard position he has been forced to reside in; pitted against his wife's demands and his mother's broken memories. Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay and Kevin Cooney all deliver nice performances that elevate the films core.
At the heart of this film there is a story about a woman journeying home. Her home is different than she remembers. The town is all but deserted; her friends are all passed and her home is barren, but that home is everything to her. Her heart swells with joy at the prospect of just spending an hour within its rotten shell. She desires nothing more than to have it become a part of her, for it represents everything she feels she has given up; everything she feels has been taken away from her. `The Trip to Bountiful' is a beautifully sincere, soft and delicate film that will reach your heart and tug those strings and will quite possibly choke out a few tears.
Summary of The Trip to Bountiful
An older woman fulfills her wish to return to her childhood home once more before she dies, despite interference from her son and his nagging wife.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 12-APR-2005
Media Type: DVD
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