Trip to Bountiful

Pros: A look at the world through the eyes of people nearing the end of life.
Cons: A little slow on the uptake for some young people.

TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL is one of Texas writer Horton Foote's most endearing stories, which comes at you straight, sad, honest, and life-affirming. This is one movie I don't mind showing to people of all ages. And it is especially meaningful to people...

Pros: Excellent to gain perspectives of various age levels.
Cons: The deeper themes can be missed if viewers are not really 'listening.'

My wife and I watch "Trip to Bountiful" about once a year. It serves as a kind of escapism back to ' ...

Pros: Wonderful movie, wonderful acting
Cons: none

This movie is a must see if you enjoy a slow paced, full of emotion, movie.I have to say that I love this movie and watch it, often.

It is a story about an elderly lady, Mrs. Watts, who lives with her son and daughter-in-law in the city and...

Pros: Touching story and great performances
Cons: None

"A Trip to Bountiful" is a wonderful film with that Southern charm and flavor. The story of an elderly woman wanting to revisit her birthplace and home will touch every emotion you have.

Geraldine Page portrays an elderly woman...

Pros: possible nostalgia for '50s buffs
Cons: Geraldine Page carrying on

If you had gone into a coma in 1953 and woke up now in a theater showing The Trip to Bountiful, you'd swear you were still in the '50s. And indeed, screenwriter Horton Foote has taken his 1953 TV play and plunked it in front of director Peter Masterson's...

Pros: cast, script, direction, cinematography
Cons: lack of suspense, action, drama

Sometimes aging actors are given Academy Awards that they deserved primarily on the basis of past performances. Such was the case for John Wayne ("True Grit") and Paul Newman ("The Color of Money"). This was definitely not the case...

Pros: A rich, warm, humanist philosophy about the give-and-take needed to live together.
Cons: None

This is a magnificent film that constantly reminds us how we are all at different stages in life, and have to make allowances for each other's strengths and weaknesses in order to get along together. All of the characters in this film have their own set...

Pros: Good story line and acting
Cons: nothing I can think of

If you like to revisit movies that didn't get much attention when they were new, this is a good ol' classic for you!
My family often goes to the public library to rent movies for free so we watch many classics that don't get much
attention any...

Pros: Portrait of a dear soul who loves God and hymns and believes the Bible
Cons: None. I have seen it many times and it always tugs at my heart

What could be more classic a setting for a story than an older mother caught between her beloved son and a selfish and uncaring daughter-in-law...all in a place she doesn't want to be!

Trip to Bountiful is a rare delight to me because Mrs....