Geraldine Page won a well deserved Oscar for her role as a widow women living with her son and daughter in law. The two women can not seem to get along prompting the mother to leave in search for one last look at her home in Bountiful Texas. A fine cast includes John Heard as the kind son trying to do the right thing, and Carlin Glynn as his wife, a basically good person who can just not seem to share her life with her mother in law with out complaining. Rebecca De Mornay is effective as a young girl who shares some time on a train headed for Bountiful. The music can be credited to Jack Redford and fits the film perfectly. See and enjoy this touching look at what home means for many who find themselves away and getting up in age.
Review of The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
(1985)
A touching, sensitive story that will tug at your emotions!
7 November 1998