Tumbleweeds (1999) Critic Reviews
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Rarely have two actresses been so effortless in their intimacy.Read the full review
McTeer and Brown make magic ina film that is wonderfully funny, touching and vital.Read the full review
You'll care what happens in this film with more than enough freshness and originality to avoid succumbing to girls-on-the-run cliches.Read the full review
Has what it takes to becomes the year's first heartfelt sleeper.Read the full review
One of those wonderful, deeply personal pictures that pop up every now and then to lift your spirits.Read the full review
There are many moments when what is on the screen stops looking like acting and becomes life itself, and you're watching real people change and grow before your eyes.Read the full review
Janet McTeer doesn't imitate Mary Jo Walker, and she doesn't act her. She becomes her. It's almost spooky.Read the full review
Tumbleweeds is gorgeously nuanced.Read the full review
Bound by mother-daughter ties that are complex, touching, ultimately so powerful they yield the kind of tearful joy rarely experienced at the movies.Read the full review
Movies like Tumbleweeds exist in the details, not the outcome. Even a happy ending, we suspect, would be temporary. We don't mind, since the characters have been intriguing to know and easy to care about.Read the full review
