Rambling Rose

If you grew up Southern you always have a thing about Hollywood actors trying to put on a Southern accent. I cringe when I hear Paul Newman, his wife Joan Woodward or Elizabeth Taylor trying to be "Southern." I liked... Full review

Which is a shame considering there was so much to like. Laura Dern's performance is astonishing as the Rose of the title who has a shady past and comes to live with a family headed up by Robert Duvall and... Full review

I haven't seen this film in quite a while but I have pretty good memories about it. It's an intriguing film, something different and appealing even though some of the subject matter is "inappropriate."I saw the last word because it... Full review

Rambling Rose was a wonderful, sweet movie set in the south in the 1920-1930 period...with a great cast. I can't imagine it getting any better than Robert Duvall as Daddy saying,:"Rosebud, you are as graceful as the letter S". And... Full review

This movie gives a eyeopening glimpse of the 1930's and a hidden agenda of a very moralistic time. It is a charming story of the maid's attempt to walk the line between her own natural inclinations and the societies expectations... Full review

I loved this movie. In updating my VHS collection to DVD I bought it a second time and was so glad that I did. I love the music score and the soft period lighting it provides in telling the story... Full review

I got a chance to see this film accidentally while glancing through the channels on my TV. I was instantly hooked and watched the whole film. This film is about a young, restless and free-spirited orphan girl, who is in... Full review

This film is essentially character-driven and features excellent performances throughout, particularly the four principals-Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Robert Duvall and Lukas Haas. Ladd and Dern mother and daughter in real life) give especially fine performances and deservedly received nominatins for... Full review

Gorgeous, touching film about a Southern family in the 1930s whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of Rose (Laura Dern), a so-called "loose" woman with a real heart of gold. Dern is perfectly cast in the delightful title role,... Full review

This is told in flashback form. A middle aged man remembers a girl that came to live with his family when he was in his early teens. She was a very nice girl, but highly sexed. At one point she tried... Full review

Nov. 14, 1958-March 30, 2008 A few hours after attending the funeral of her friend, Alvin Kirby Brunson, Rosa Pryor-Trusty sat down at her desk to work on the weekly "Rambling Rose" column she writes for the Afro-American newspaper. ... Full Article

Garlanded with a number of festival Awards, including multiple Academy Award nominations, this film delves into some troubled waters, not least because Rose of the title cannot see the difference between good natured generosity and showing sexual favour even to... ... Full Article

Rambling Rose is the most part a flashback, related by grown-up Southerner Buddy Hillyer ( John Heard ). The bulk of the film takes place in 1935, when rambunctious backwoods housekeeper Rose ( Laura Dern ) virtually invades the Hillyer... ... Full Article

Passion drums in the Deep South, and beats in the hearts of all men who meet Rose (Laura Dern). Quite happy to open up her petals to anyone who catches a whiff of her scent, this little nymphomaniac of the... ... Full Article