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Overview

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5.8/10   4,742 votes
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Director:
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Writers (WGA):
Whitney Otto (novel)
Jane Anderson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 October 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
There's beauty in the patterns of life.
Plot:
Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
Good "chick flick" more (37 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for a scene of drug use, some sensuality and nudity.
Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS-Stereo | DTS
Filming Locations:
Banning, California, USA more

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Quotes:
Finn: Sometimes love simply dies. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Charmed: How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans (#2.17)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Riffin' at the Ritz more

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12 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Good "chick flick", 17 September 2001
8/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Winona Ryder spends a summer with her aunts while writing her thesis and deciding whether to marry her fiancée Dermot Mulroney. She learns about life and love through her aunts and friends while they sew a huge quilt together. Good, well-done but there's too much material for one movie. There are 5 flashbacks along with the main story and they're given very short shrift. The real pleasure is seeing a bunch of pros (Ellen Burnstyn, Anne Bancroft, Winona Ryder, etc) act with a talented then-unknown cast (Jonathan Schaech, Claire Danes, Mulroney, etc etc)... everyone's good and on target. Nothing new script-wise but I was never bored. Also good to see the late Esther Rolle and Jared Leto in small bits. Worth catching, but very talky at times.

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