Bridge’s stifling banality, Woodward finds a soul struggling to get out. If she were around today she undoubtedly would be taking yoga classes.īeneath Mrs. Quietly, pathetically, she tries to find it, taking art classes, studying horoscopes, begging friends to recommend good books. Her remedy for all of life’s ills is a well-made cup of tea.Īnd yet Mrs. Her children ( Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Sean Leonard, Margaret Welsh) regard her with affectionate dismissal. She is useless in the kitchen (the Bridges can afford a cook). Woodward’s India Bridge has reached middle age having had all her decisions made for her. Rather, they are exactly life-size, and that’s what makes them so affecting. These aren’t bigger-than-life characters. Moreover, the film’s unshowy approach nicely approximates the experience of reading the book.Įven the movie’s stars, the real-life husband-and-wife team of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, seemed to leave behind actorly egotism. Much of the movie’s dialogue was lifted directly from the printed page. Bridge, which drew upon scenes from both novels, retained Connell’s fragmentary, episodic style.
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