I find myself fascinated by this film about how the paths of two people can cross at what is both the right and wrong time in their lives. Bittersweet romance found too late in her life and with the unattainable woman in his.
In spite of her questionable pseudo-Italian accent, Meryl Streep does as fine an acting job as she has done to date. With just the right amount of passion, frustration and limited hopelessness, she brings out in her character what it was Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) found so irresistible. Eastwood, on the other hand, portrays the kind of world-traveling photojournalist I wish I could have been. Here-in lies my personal affection for the movie ~ the combination of a painful love destined to haunt these two characters for the rest of their lives, and the excitement of Robert Kincaid's profession.
I recommend "The Bridges of Madison County" to anyone willing to suspend reality for a couple of hours and get lost in a fanciful celluloid encounter, not intended to strain the brain but to entertain.
In spite of her questionable pseudo-Italian accent, Meryl Streep does as fine an acting job as she has done to date. With just the right amount of passion, frustration and limited hopelessness, she brings out in her character what it was Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) found so irresistible. Eastwood, on the other hand, portrays the kind of world-traveling photojournalist I wish I could have been. Here-in lies my personal affection for the movie ~ the combination of a painful love destined to haunt these two characters for the rest of their lives, and the excitement of Robert Kincaid's profession.
I recommend "The Bridges of Madison County" to anyone willing to suspend reality for a couple of hours and get lost in a fanciful celluloid encounter, not intended to strain the brain but to entertain.