Pros: Meryl Streep delivers another utterly believable performance as Francesca Johnson, bored farmer's wife in Iowa who has a whirlwind relationship with nature photographer, Robert Kinkaid (Clint Eastwood) who just shows up at her door, asking for directions. Why does this crap not happen to me? Still, though Meryl is not at all Italian, she did well in this role and Eastwood was good enough as the well-traveled photographer and the two have a tender chemistry.
Cons: Despite the good performances and gentle story, and while there is a little bit of character development and growth, it is a largely pointless little story, though at the end, her story does help both her children, which as the whole point.
Recommend: Probably
Grade: B+
Side Notes:
-Yeah, I'd be shocked speechless if I found out that my mother had an affair after her death.
-I don't blame Francesca for wanting to be cremated.
-Meryl's dresses were truly gorgeous. Her one dress meant more to her than her own wedding dress.
-It is never clear what the Johnsons grow on their farm though oats are mentioned.
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