Rambling Rose
During the Great Depression, a Southern family hires the domestic services of Rose (Laura Dern), a damaged woman who hopes to avoid prostitution as a way of life. While in the employ of the household, Rose begins to develop feelings for the father of the family (Robert Duvall), who must continually rebuff her unwanted sexual advances. Meanwhile, Rose also develops a relationship with the 13-year-old son, Buddy (Lukas Haas). Eventually the father begins to reach the limits of his tolerance.
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29 November 1935, Meridian, Mississippi, USA
27 December 1978, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
30 August 1963, Monroe, North Carolina, USA
7 March 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
16 November 1931, Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
16 April 1976, West Hollywood, California, USA
29 August 1957, Burlington, North Carolina, USA
January 01, 2000
So much here is rich and touching, not to mention the string of superb performances, that the film still merits a recommendation.
January 01, 2000
Willingham, who also scripted Paths of Glory, Little Big Man and The Graduate, wrote Rose in the early 1970s. Thanks to these sterling performances almost two decades later, his screenplay enjoys a fresh and tender blossoming.
July 17, 2003
A quirky, funny but moving story with terrific performances all around.
January 01, 2000
Truly extraordinary performances, the familiar yet rarely predictable script and the fertile subtext that looks at sexuality and desire through feminist question marks, makes 'Rambling Rose' one of the year's most touching and absorbing movie experiences.
May 08, 2002
Probes the mixture of fear and awe many men experience when they meet the life-force of women.
May 12, 2001
It's a beauty.
January 01, 2000
[A] funny, moving, spectacularly acted little film.
January 09, 2002
A modest but pleasingly adult entertainment at a time when even the most promising American films ultimately revert to Pollyannaish platitudes.
October 31, 2006
Seen in a flashback through the eyes of an adolescent, this uncommon coming-of-age tale, which raises poignant questions about the mysteries of sex and love, flaunts a superb performance from Laura Dern as the promiscuous girl
January 01, 2000
A touching, humorous and enjoyable film.
January 01, 2000
The movie is all character and situation, and contains some of the best performances of the year, especially in the ensemble acting of the four main characters.
