ANGIE
Geena
Davis, Stephen Rea, James Gandolfini, Aida Turturro
Hollywood
Pictures; Directed by Martha Coolidge
Rated
R; 107 minutes; 1994
Acclaimed filmmaker Martha Coolidge
directs this stirring and sometimes comical adaptation of Avra Wing’s first
novel that examines the life of a woman whose pregnancy forces her to choose
between the traditional life of her mother and sisters or the increasingly
conventional path of single motherhood.
REVIEWS
"Geena Davis gives the performance
of her career."
— Charla Krupp, GLAMOUR MAGAZINE
"It's triumph! A ferocious,
exhilarating combination of comedy and drama. ANGIE is funny and
affecting."
— Joan Juliet Buck, VOGUE
"A heartwarming, heartbreaking
fabulous film. Geena Davis is superb!"
— Pam Thompson, KABC–TV
"Geena Davis gives the performance
of her career."
— Charla Krupp, GLAMOUR MAGAZINE
"Geena Davis is extraordinary in a
most intimate and compelling story of Today's woman."
— Joanna Langfield, THE MOVIE MINUTE
"Marvelous! Geena Davis gives a
smashing performance."
— Bill Diehl, ABC RADIO NETWORK
"Geena Davis is hilarious!"
— Michael Medved, NEW YORK POST
"Davis performance is
exhilaratingly funny."
— Janet Maslin, NEW YORK TIMES
"It's a winner! A glorious
performance by Geena Davis."
— Dennis Cunningham, CBS– TV
"A fabulous film. Geena Davis is
superb!"
— Pam Thomson, KABC–TV
"Broadly humorous. Geena Davis is
stunningly natural!"
— Guy Flatley, COSMOPOLITAN