Rambling Rose (1991)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Writers (WGA):

Calder Willingham (book)
Calder Willingham (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 September 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Innocence has never been so seductive.

Plot:

Rose, is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution...

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Feminist | Southerner | Fingering | Teen

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Laura Dern	...	Rose
Robert Duvall	...	Daddy Hilyer
Diane Ladd	...	Mother
Lukas Haas	...	Buddy
John Heard	...	Willcox Hillyer (Buddy as an adult)
Kevin Conway	...	Dr. Martinson
Robert John Burke	...	Dave Wilkie (as Robert Burke)
Lisa Jakub	...	Doll
Evan Lockwood	...	Waski
Matthew Sutherland	...	Billy (as Matt Sutherland)
D. Anthony Pender	...	Foster
David E. Scarborough	...	Horton
Robin Dale Robertson	...	Young Salesman
General Fermon Judd Jr.	...	Shadrack
Richard K. Olsen	...	Chief of Police

MPAA:

Rated R for sensuality.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:18A | Finland:K-14 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Carolco Studios - 1223 North 23rd Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Carolco Pictures

Trivia:

Laura Dern and Diane Ladd's Oscar nominations mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received such an accolade for appearing in the same film.

Quotes:

Daddy: Put your damn tit back in your dress. Replace that tit!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Blue Moan

****1/2 Gorgeous, touching

Gorgeous, touching film about a Southern family in the 1930s whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of Rose (Laura Dern), a so-called "loose" woman with a real heart of gold. Dern is perfectly cast in the delightful title role, and her real-life mother Diane Ladd is brilliant as the matriarch of the conservative clan who does everything in her power to make sure the ignorant and self-righteous men around her don't harm the charming and "rambling" girl. Director Martha Coolidge has made a light and delicious Southern delicacy on par with Jon Avnet's "Fried Green Tomatoes" that is never less than totally enjoyable.