Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

A horrible script from the normally pleasant Jhabvala/Ivory/Merchant batch of films. I can't exactly put my finger on what's so wrong, it is oddly fragmented in pacing, but nothing's terribly off-putting. I was just thoroughly bored for its entire runtime. Paul Newman happens to encapsulate a character less likable than his early film, Hud, but also infinitely less interesting.

Most Merchant/Ivory films are character studies, which devote more time to the people in their stories than plot. This meandering plodder is a prime example. The acting is very fine indeed - Paul Newman especially stands out - but not a lot actually happens. Consequently, unless you watch movies specifically to watch the performances, I'd wager that this is going to be a bit of a yawnfest.

I've seen worser films about american middleclass families.

Very nicely done. Mr. and Mrs. Newman here remind me of my own parents

Cenas de uma Família estreava há 30 anos em New York. Não tem a mesma pegada dos filmes ingleses de Ivory-Merchant-Jhabvala, mas é bom retrato do conservadorismo americano, especialmente pra ver o Newman interpretando alguém que era seu oposto. DVDRip no MakingOff.

Got so bored - it was like a very very dull episode of retro big brother house.