Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

1990
PG-13
2h 6m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,6/10

3,7 k

MA NOTE

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)

Liretrailer2 min 27 s

1 vidéo

18 photos

Costume Drama Period Drama Drama

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSet during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.

Director
- James Ivory
Writers
- Evan S. Connell
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Stars

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,6/10

3,7 k

MA NOTE

Director
- James Ivory
Writers
- Evan S. Connell
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Nommé pour 1 oscar
- 6 victoires et 9 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Several scenes with the Bridge children as toddlers and grade schoolers were shot, but were left on the cutting room floor, except for a few excerpts that appeared as home movies prior to the opening-credits roll. Joanne Woodward, who was 59 years old at the time of filming, told the Feb 1991 Interview magazine that the decision to leave those scenes out was made because she "didn't look young enough to have those young children."

Gaffes
In the DVD version, when the awning is ripped from the country club during the tornado, the wire pulling it is clearly visible.

Citations
India Bridge: [as a tornado rages outside the room they are in] Walter, don't you think we might be better off downstairs in the basement?
Walter Bridge: India, now look here, for 20 years I've been telling you when something will happen and when it will not happen. Now, have I ever, on any significant occasion been proved wrong?

Générique farfelu
Shakespearean Tutor to Mr. Newman---Senator Bob Dole.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Rocky V/Child's Play 2/Home Alone/The Nasty Girl (1990)

Bandes originales
Wah! Hoo!
Written by Cliff Friend
Chappell & Co.
Performed by Janet Gaynor and Fredric March
(from A Star Is Born (1937))

Commentaires des utilisateurs38

Commentaire

Commentaire en vedette

8/10

Accurate and moving depiction of sad lives.

Sadder than this very moving film are the reactions of those who found this movie boring or too "slow." What a comment on the need for car chases and explosions that seem so pervasive in American flicks!! One of the reason I prefer foreign films.

"Mr and Mrs Bridge" is an amazingly accurate depiction of upper middle class lives, caught in the trap of repression and respectability. To watch the fate of Mrs Bridge (exquisitely portrayed by Joanne Woodward) as a woman trapped in a marriage to an inexpressive, career-focused man is to understand how women, even today, can lead limited, unfulfilled lives, bound up with a decisive husband and children who grow into self-absorbed adults, leaving their mother with a longing they won't or can't assuage.

Seeing the character of Mr. Bridge (another outstanding performance by Paul Newman), himself caught in the routine of his life, his sexual yearnings repressed, convinced of his correctness and respectability is a picture of the rigidity of ideas, values and prejudices rampant in our society, even in our own time.

An amazing and insight movie!!