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Name: How to Make an American Quilt
Released: 1995-10-6
Cast: Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Alfre Woodard

How to Make an American Quilt

PG-13
1h 56m
1995

63%

age 14+

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In this heartwarming story about listening to your heart, Winona Ryder stars as Finn, a graduate student who decides to spend a summer away from her boyfriend at the home of her grandmother (Ellen Burstyn) and great aunt (Anne Bancroft). But Finn’s plans to finish her thesis and mull over a marriage proposal are quickly pushed aside in favor of listening to the ladies of her grandmother’s quilting circle, as they reveal the loves and losses that shaped their own lives. As the quilt nears completion, Finn realizes that the gift they’ve given her is far greater than anything counted in stitches. Maya Angelou, Kate Nelligan, Jean Simmons, Lois Smith, Alfre Woodard, Dermot Mulroney, Samantha Mathis, Claire Danes and Jared Leto co-star in this triumphant and funny film based on the best-selling novel by Whitney Otto.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

63%

Critics Consensus: How to Make an American Quilt is a bit of a patchwork from a storytelling standpoint, but a strong ensemble cast led by Winona Ryder helps hold it all together.

Reviews

Cincinnati Enquirer

Margaret A. McGurk

[Director Jocelyn Moore] achieves a sturdy look, even in the flashback scenes, that gives weight and substance to the memories we see enacted.

How to Make An American Quilt will have sentimental viewers reaching for the tissue box; cynical watchers nodding their heads with recognition.

It has its effective moments but it tends to indicate emotions more than deliver them, and is finally more conventional and unadventurous than its elements would lead you to believe.

Some of the episodic tales work better than others, but all are interesting and there are splendid characterisations from both young and more senior members of the cast.

November 20, 2017

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Film4

Even rough, tough boys will be seduced by this immensely likeable film.

June 25, 2017

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Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Rollicking, soap-like tale of women's love lives.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this girl-power-themed drama is heavy on the smoking, some drinking, and on illicit affairs. Several of the women cheat on their partners with others, including Hy sleeping with her sister's husband, Finn sleeping with Leon while engaged to Sam, and Constance sleeping with Ann's husband Dean. Dean is rumored to have had several affairs. The film also depicts the way in which women have had their dreams stifled by a society that wedded them to their home.