"Tumbleweeds" is mostly a tour de force for the galvanizing Janet McTeer and the writer/director/co-star Gavin O'Connor.
The mother-daughter relationship is portrayed more believably stronger and warmer than almost any I've ever seen.
Even better are the subtleties where points are made visually or through situations and we're allowed to make our own connections and sense implications and consequences, without having everything spelled out.
Though it's basically a picaresque movie,it concludes as a working class "Unmarried Woman," as she learns, with her daughter's help, to stand on her own without a man, or at least not subservient to a man.
Terrific alt.country soundtrack, including Lyle Lovett.
(originally written 1/6/2000)
The mother-daughter relationship is portrayed more believably stronger and warmer than almost any I've ever seen.
Even better are the subtleties where points are made visually or through situations and we're allowed to make our own connections and sense implications and consequences, without having everything spelled out.
Though it's basically a picaresque movie,it concludes as a working class "Unmarried Woman," as she learns, with her daughter's help, to stand on her own without a man, or at least not subservient to a man.
Terrific alt.country soundtrack, including Lyle Lovett.
(originally written 1/6/2000)