The Bridges of Madison County

Director: Clint Eastwood
Rating:6/10        
                                             


Based on Robert James Waller's novel of the same name, The Bridges of the Madison County is a very moving romantic movie and rather heart-breaking. While going through their deceased mother's papers, brother and sister, Michael and Carolyn, find her journals that talk of her four day love affair with Robert Kincaid, while the rest of the family was away on a state fair. What unfolds is a touching tale of bittersweet romance that Francesca thought had almost disappeared from her life despite years of being happily married. Adultery is not really my idea of romance, and Francesca's character annoyed me. The only thing that moves her to start this relationship with Robert Kincaid was because she thinks her marriage has lost its charm and not because she was under a controlling or abusive man like Thelma was in Thelma and Louise or Jenna in Waitress. She just does it for no real reason! Details of my criticism for the movie can be found in my book review because I read and watched it.

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 Despite that, the movie is worth a watch for its poetic merit and unusual love story that will touch both men and women.