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As a Southerner 'urban' for a long, long time

posted 13 years ago by ewfleming-616-650888
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The Southern scenes were perfect. The red dirt; the red brick homes; the lawns and boxwoods. The kitchen with that awful avocado lower oven and all those appliances on the counter. Even the microwave. So here comes Madeleine, with NO familiarity with this culture and she embraces Ashley, goes to the baby shower AND the church social. I would rather blow my brains out than go back to my own home town and go to one of those baby showers. Nevertheless, what I saw was that no matter how nice Madeleine was, and it appeared to be genuine throughout, the only person in that family who accepted her was Ashley. Not even George who left her at the artist's house with his suddenly found love of family that was all poof the next day.
Good movie, really. Good character acting.

[–] Hello_Jill 12 years ago

Well not all city folks are that happy and embraceful when they're met with small town culture.

I would rather blow my brains out than go back to my own home town and go to one of those baby showers.

That says a lot about you.

[–] marudd50 12 years ago

So strange. This movie evoked powerful emotions. My Mom died last December, and I had to decide if I wanted the family "homeplace" and wanted to move back there. I finally decided against it. I have been gone a long time and am now more Madeline than the Amy Adams character, but Amy's buried deep inside me. Still, I knew I could not be happy there. I am too liberal, too agnostic, too intellectual. I like art museums and lectures and foreign food and theatre. I'm not so keen on church, bad restaurants with food swimming in grease, conservative politics, xenophobia and jingoism. But at the same time I want to go home. I guess I am actually George! Anyway, I loved this movie. Very human, very realistic.