
Cary Scott is a widow with two grown children. She's been leading a quiet life since her husband died, socializing with a small circle of friends. Her children no longer live with her full-time but come home every weekend. She's not unhappy but also doesn't realize how bored she is. Her friend Sara Warren encourages her to get a television set to keep her company but she doesn't want that either. She develops a friendship with Ron Kirby who owns his own nursery and comes ever... (Full plot summary below)
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Cary Scott is a widow with two grown children. She's been leading a quiet life since her husband died, socializing with a small circle of friends. Her children no longer live with her full-time but come home every weekend. She's not unhappy but also doesn't realize how bored she is. Her friend Sara Warren encourages her to get a television set to keep her company but she doesn't want that either. She develops a friendship with Ron Kirby who owns his own nursery and comes every spring and fall to trim her trees. Ron is much younger than Cary and their friendship soon turns to love. Her circle of friends are surprised that she is seeing such a younger man and she might be prepared to overlook that - Ron certainly doesn't care about the differences in their ages - but when her son and daughter vehemently object, she decides to sacrifice her own feelings for their happiness. Over time however, she realizes that her children will be spending less and less time with her as they pursue their own lives an re-evaluates her decision.
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| Movie HabitMarty MapesAn example of a seemingly innocuous, mainstream movie having serious social criticism -- even subversion -- at its heart. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickimbued with a deep intelligence, wit, and critical outlook that emerges if you view it in a certain way, but is not so obvious that it ruptures the clean, slick surface |
| VarietyVariety StaffHudson is handsome and somewhat wooden. Laconic of speech, and imbued with an angel's patience and understanding, it's at times hard to understand his passion for the widow, what with pretty girls just spoilingfor his attention. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewBeneath the stunningly lovely visuals -- all expressionist colours, reflections, and frames-within-frames, used to produce a precise symbolism -- lies a kernel of terrifying despair |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonProof that there is artistry and glory in a genre that never had to apologise for itself, not when it was this confident, beautiful, and good. |
| MovieMartyr.comJeremy HeilmanSirk's film is filled with such satirical barbs at the American rat race, and horrifyingly enough, most of his attacks feel unusually prescient. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongWorks as a straightforward melodrama, but is so meticulously crafted by a visual master that it provides endless material for those who wish to mine for deeper social commentary. |
| City Pages, Minneapolis/St. PaulRob NelsonSirk benefited immeasurably from the fact that the chief subject of his crazy cinema was postwar America. |
| Filmcritic.comAileo WeinmannWhile the stars deliver performances in Heaven that are graceful enough to carry the film, the rest of this love story just sort of, um, lies there. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaQuite involving, overblown emotion and all, particularly due to Wyman's gentle sincerity. |