Rambling Rose | | Cast : | Laura Dern, Robert Duvall | | Director : | Martha Coolidge | | Studio : | Pioneer Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 20, 1991 | | DVD Released Date : | March 16, 1999 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | October 19, 2003 | | Summary | GREAT MOVIE! NOT AT ALL, A BORE! | Content
 | I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE!
ROSE WAS A BIT FREAKY THOUGH!
YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE MOVIE!
IT SHOULDN'T BORE YOU!
5 STARS***** |
| Rating | | | Date | June 03, 2003 | | Summary | boring | Content
| boring, boring and 1000 times boring. Why do you wanna expend your money in such a boring film? |
| Rating | | | Date | February 11, 2003 | | Summary | nondescript | Content
| Good acting but overall the movie is quite boring. This poor family is constantly trying to keep this ditsy loose girl out of trouble. They've charitably taken her in and of course she shows her appreciation by going after the hubby which was done so embarrassingly stupid. The entire movie is centered around this silly girl character. Ending seems kind of sad but I wish I never bought it! Gone With The Wind doesn't even cost that much and it is 1,000 times over the movie this one is!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | February 02, 2001 | | Summary | Akin to starting a leaf blower near killer bees | Content
| Societies regard single, attractive, sexually available women with both idolization and uneasiness. The lust, envy, jealousy and otherwise tumultuous passions surrounding their passage through the populace can be disruptive of societal bonds, e.g. by "homewrecking", even though no fault of their own. One reason why the concept, at least, of marriage is valued so highly is that this cultural arrangement takes the problematic single female out of circulation, so to speak. And, social pressures cause opprobrium to be heaped on "loose women", even by the very men who are drawn to them. Of course, the feminist correctly sees these attitudes as blatantly sexist. However, even western culture's most chauvinistic pig is likely to regard the veiling and segregation of women in fundamentalist Islamic societies, for example, as an unacceptably extreme manifestation of those same attitudes. RAMBLING ROSE takes a compassionate look at the phenomenon of social turbulence caused by an "unattached" woman. Rose, flamboyantly played by Laura Dern, is the blithe, single, 19-year old girl invited to live with a very proper Southern family in the mid-1930s. The family, offering Rose help at this difficult time in her life, includes Daddy (Robert Duvall), Mother (Diane Ladd, Dern's real-life mother), and 13-year old Buddy (Lukas Haas). Rose, already possessing a checkered history acquired with unspecified men, is a sexual "free spirit", who proceeds to cause hormonal havoc in the town's male population. Even Daddy is bewitched. To Buddy, Rose is, unsurprisingly, the godsend of a new awareness. Of the adults, only Mother, recognizing Rose as essentially guileless, staunchly defends her as the repercussions of the Siren's residence start to add up. A better film on much the same theme is Y2K's MALENA - a superb Italian production. Nonetheless, RAMBLING ROSE is delightful. Dern is positively captivating. Duvall is at his best, which is pretty darn good by any measure. Ladd portrays Mother as a slightly eccentric individual whose generosity towards and understanding of Rose is a clear counterpoint to the hardening attitudes of the other adults. The Buddy character should remind all males in the viewing audience of that time when they were 13 and discovering girls as beings with something more to offer than simply opportunities for boorish teasing. I like this film immensely. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 28, 2000 | | Summary | In defense of Laura Dern! | Content
| I must disagree with the reviewer who so strongly criticized Laura Dern's performance. While it is true that 'Rambling Rose' has its weaknesses (the abrupt, rather unexplained ending, for one thing), I found the story line humorous and even charming. Dern's performance made the movie, in my opinion! Diane Ladd overacts a bit, as usual, but this is a minor flaw with the film as a whole. What stuck with me was Dern's 'little girl lost' expression mixed with her coy devil-may-care flirtation, which made for an entirely winning performance. I loved the music too! |
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