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Plot

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 household. Daddy Hillyer (Robert Duvall), a bed-rock Southern gentleman, welcomes the congenitally amoral but basically goodhearted Rose into his house, carefully fending off her ill-timed romantic advances. But Rose can't help feeling smitten with him; meanwhile, she has also drawn the attentions of 13-year-old Buddy (Lukas Haas). Based on the novel by screenwriter Calder Willingham, Rambling Rose was not the box-office breakthrough that many expected for director Martha Coolidge; though it fizzled financially, the film did manage to secure Oscar nominations for both Dern and her real-life mother Diane Ladd.
MPAA Rating:
R for sensuality.
Genre(s):
Comedy,Drama
Run Time:
115min.
Theatrical Release Date:
06/09/2008
DVD Release Date:
03/16/1999
Distributor(s):
Seven Arts
Director(s):
Martha Coolidge
Starring:
Laura Dern , Robert Duvall , Diane Ladd , Lukas Haas , John Heard
Themes:
Sexual Awakening,Servants and Employers,Eccentric Families
Tone:
Nostalgic,Gentle,Literate,Sexy,Sweet,Warm,Affectionate,Poignant
Keywords:
Southerner,adolescence,coming-of-age,family,flashback,friendship,housekeeper,love,lust,naive,promiscuity,seduction,sexual-awakening,sexuality,slice-of-life,small-town,uninhibited
Country of Origin:
USA (09-20-1991)
Language:
English