
A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom takes up with a controlling trucker and fights with her weirdo boss. Meanwhile, the daughter, used to making the constant shifts, finds a fit at school including getting chosen for a play lead.... (Full plot summary below)
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A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom takes up with a controlling trucker and fights with her weirdo boss. Meanwhile, the daughter, used to making the constant shifts, finds a fit at school including getting chosen for a play lead.
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| Boston GlobeJay CarrYou'll care what happens in this film with more than enough freshness and originality to avoid succumbing to girls-on-the-run cliches. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversMcTeer delivers a messily cheerful performance as a woman who thinks nothing of brushing her teeth with beer. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRarely have two actresses been so effortless in their intimacy. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardThough similar thematically to "Anywhere But Here," Tumbleweeds is a breath of fresh air that busts the cliches of dysfunctional mother-daughter sagas. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardWhat keeps these mother-daughter tumbleweeds from drifting right out of consciousness is the unique rapport between the actresses. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMovies like Tumbleweeds exist in the details, not the outcome. Even a happy ending, we suspect, would be temporary. We don't mind, since the characters have been intriguing to know and easy to care about. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis smart, hardscrabble, very likable film has a heart and spirit all its own: a rollicking, earthy flair and lusty intelligence. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakAn indie film that was lavishly praised and won the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, rolls along in the well-rutted, dusty tire tracks of other mother-and-daughter road trip |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe story is as rambling as the characters, but superb acting by McTeer and Brown goes a long way toward redeeming it. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackBound by mother-daughter ties that are complex, touching, ultimately so powerful they yield the kind of tearful joy rarely experienced at the movies. |