My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Trip to Bountiful (1985)

Horton Foote adapts his own play into a classy film directed by Peter Masterson.  Yet it’s Geraldine Page as Carrie Watts that transforms what could have just been a sentimental made-for-tv movie into something more.    It’s the story of an older woman living with her son who flees on bus to go back to her home town for one last visit.    I guess she’s never heard the expression you can’t go back home again.  John Heard, Carlin Glynn and Rebecca De Mornay give quality performances as well.   Grade: B+
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