Mrs. Soffel | | Cast : | Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson | | Director : | Gillian Armstrong | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 26, 1984 | | DVD Released Date : | June 07, 2005 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 03, 2004 | | Summary | Touching with Wonderful Performances | Content
 | Diane Keaton gives a remarkable and haunting performance as Mrs. Keaton. Her character stays with you long after the movie's end. Simply brilliant! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 10, 2003 | | Summary | "Riveting". | Content
| I saw this movie when it first came out in 1984, and I've always remembered it as a favorite. Having recently purchased it, I viewed it all alone in my dark bedroom one night...I don't think I took my eyes off the screen for one second. This movie is emotionally charged, and draws you in from the start. I loved the excellent depiction of the era. I had forgotten how the movie played out...and now that I've seen it again, it is still a favorite, but I had forgotten how very tragic it all was! Tragic on so many levels. And based on a true story, no less. I don't think there was much doubt that the Biddle Boys died of their wounds in the end...their injuries were so realistic and painful to watch. Excellent perfomances. Of course I sobbed for 20 minutes at the end of this one. A tale of a tragic romance that you won't soon forget. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 16, 2002 | | Summary | Pulled me into 1901 Pittsburg from the very first scene. | Content
| Mrs. Soffel (Diane Keaton) is based on the true story of a emotionally starved Mother of three. Her prison warden husband is not unsypathetic, but hasn't a clue as to what she's feeling. Her daily routine of reading the Bible to the inmates can no
longer fulfill her emotional void...that is until the day she encounter's the new, guilt-in-question, death row inmates Jack Matthew Modine) and Ed (Mel Gibson) Biddle. Rules of society were strict in 1901, but with death at stake, Ed Biddle begins a methodical plan to seduce the warden's wife to help them escape. Black and White turn grey when it comes to just who is seducing who. Once the Biddle's escape the confines of their cells, it is Ed(Gibson)who doesn't want to leave "Kate" behind. After the breakout is discovered the next morning, it seems only a Sheriff with a mind that can think the "unthinkable" suspects the warden's wife has escaped with the two deathrow inmates and not as their hostage... On the run, Kate and Ed's passion grow until most certainly, one feels death is the only thing that can break them apart. Mark Isham's dark film score is perfect. Who would have imagined Keaton and Gibson paired? Up until this movie, I had chalked
Gibson up to a pretty face with not much depth, BUT... |
| Rating | | | Date | January 12, 2002 | | Summary | Excellent. | Content
| The interesting thing is that these actors really shouldn't have worked for this. It's strange to see Keaton in period clothes and surroundings - and stranger to realize how perfect she is once you get used to her. Gibson is thankfully more actor here than movie star - and not in that irritatingly self-conscious manner that marks a lot of his "dramatic" efforts. He's actually very good. Everything here seems real. The suppourting actors all appear to have sprung organically from their surroundings. The scenario is maturely presented, with no trace of the maudlin or cheaply sentimental. Gillian Armstrong directs confidently, and her recreation of time and place is truly remarkable - loaded with the kind of fine detail that is lacking in the work of a lot of contemporary filmmakers, whose only frame of reference seems to be other movies. The world shown here seems to have a life beyond the edges of the screen. It's beautiful, but there is a convincing layer of grit. Mark Isham's score is a perfect compliment to the delicately frosty imagery. This is a very fine little movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 23, 2001 | | Summary | suffer the little children | Content
| An excellent movie. A little gloomy. It seems to me that the major sufferers in this movie were Mrs Soffels children. She left her 3 children, sacrificed is a better word, for the sexual pleasures of a murderer. That aside, Diane Keaton was wonderful in the part of Mrs Soffel. She was exquisit. I doubt that the real Mrs. Soffel looked anything like Diane. The movie ended without telling us what happened to her or her lover and his brother. I wish I knew. I can only guess that the brothers were executed and Mrs. Soffel died in prison. Why didn't the movie tell us? |
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