How to Make an American Quilt

Pros: Cast, acting and screenplay

Cons: Can't beat the book

The Bottom Line: A chance to learn from others' mistakes that you'll probably will make yourself anyway.

Review: The best way to encourage a 26-year-old bride-to-be to marry a guy is to tell her several stories about love. Not Finn Dodd’s case.

Finn [Winona Ryder] is a terribly frustrated person torn between her fiancé Sam [Dermot Malroney] and a final...

Pros: touching film about women's relationships with men and each other

Cons: would be boring for someone looking for a lot of action

Review: My best friend kept telling me (for about six months) that I needed to see this movie and that she felt I would like it very much. I resisted, as I really wasn't sure what to expect and thought it would be heavy on the "quilting" detail. When...

Pros: Great cast, decent storytelling.

Cons: Ryder's mopey performance.

Review: I have to admit that I actually like Winona Ryder. She is purported to be the "actress of our generation", though I know many people who actively dislike her and any film she's in. I can understand why. Sometimes it seems like she's trying a...

Pros: Good acting, solid plot

Cons: To much negative portrayal of men

Review: I'll be honest, the only reason I saw this movie was because I was forced to watch it for a class I am taking. If it wasn't for this class I probably wouldn't have rented it or even sat through it if it was on HBO. Our assignment was to watch the film...

Pros: Forgettable, badly written cliches

Cons: Maya Angelou gives a wonderful performance

The Bottom Line: Full of cliches and excessive sentimentality, this movie wanders in search of meaning but just ends up dizzy.

Review: When my wife brought home a copy of How to Make an American Quilt last night, I told her that I had never seen the movie. About halfway through watching it, I realized that I had, but that I had been so turned off by the movie that I forgot about...

Pros: the acting

Cons: not much of a plot

Review: HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT


THIS film released BY STEVEN SPIELBERG'S AMBLIN COMPANY JUST DOESN'T ADD UP. THERE'S WAY TOO MANY STORIES AND THE ENSEMBLE JUST DOESN'T CLICK. THERE'S NO SECOND RATE ACTORS IN IT BUT SOMEHOW...