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Article: Film: Also showing/ Aspirin at the ready
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 13, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Let's be honest. How to Make an American Quilt has the odds
stacked against it. There's that title for a start. And who in
their right mind would actually pay to watch Winona Ryder spend two
hours dithering over whether or not to get married? (And to a DIY
enthusiast, for goodness' sake.)
So it's to the credit of the Australian director Jocelyn
Moorhouse (who impressed with her 1991 debut, Proof) and the
screenwriter Jane Anderson (who adapted Whitney Otto's novel) that
the movie feels snappy, and also substantial. Ryder plays Finn, who
leaves her boyfriend (Dermot Mulroney) demolishing the front room
while she hotfoots it to Granny's house, where she intends to spend
the summer finishing ...