Tumbleweeds

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Summary: Great Mother Daughter characters
Review: The real reason for Mary Jo's need to escape each time an affair is over, is never fully explained or comprehended, at least not by this viewer. I explain to myself that she is the survivor type with the need to turn over a new leaf each time something does not work out. As if by changing a place, throwing your old clothes through the window, the past is erased. Mary Jo is not attached to husbands, clothes or places although she is a friendly and outgoing person, but her love for her daughter Eva is big enough to bring on a change.
This is no great movie nor one that will stay with you forever, but is truly enjoyable and mainly due to its two main heroines and the optimistic good-natured characters of both mother and daughter. There is a slight resemblance to the movie "Mermaids" and to the other mother character.
During the movie I asked myself several times if one can really learn to adopt such attitude of "don't worry...I can always find another job"... I wonder. I guess you have to be born with this attitude or adopt it after a series of life circumstances where you have only yourself to count on. In any case this attitude seems to work for Mary Jo as she is able to make a new beginning every time, until Eva puts her foot down. Both actresses were great and I loved their chemistry. Janet McTeer is endearing as the easy going, life loving Mary Jo and Kimberly Brown playing Eva is as sweet as can be (yet always a normal child).
The men characters do not come out so good out of this movie and I was sorry to see that when finally a worthy man comes along Mary Jo is in her "now independent" stage. Lets hope that the future, as hinted, will be better.

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Summary: Scenes From American Life
Review: This is a peculiarly American gem of a film. Director O'Connor is interested in letting us become voyeurs, if you will, to the lives of two lovable Southern gals who have been perpetually on-the-run. But Jo and Ava are no Thelma and Louise. Without a doubt they are best friends, but they are first and foremost mother and daughter. Janet McTeer is perfect as the male-dependent but ultimately protective mom. She doesn't feel normal without a man (even a lousy man) but she places her daughter's welfare above all else...when push comes (literally) to shove.Kimberly Brown excels as mouse-loving Ava, a precocious child thoroughly jaded by her mother's string of relational flops, thoroughly tired of their constant escapes to unknown places. O'Connor makes it clear that these two gals are in search of a home. Their road trip to California is filmed with some nice, atmospheric cinematography, and flows along at just the right pace. Just when they think they've found the promised land in San Diego, mama starts her pattern all over again. This time, however, Ava effects the change they all desperately need by putting her foot down and demanding some stability. Her bravery is fueled by a chance to realize an acting dream, and the wisdom of a dear friend. All in all, Tumbleweeds is a beguilingly languid film, a glimpse into the human struggle to find a place of permanence in life...all played out in uniquely American scenery. A fine addition to anyone's collection. BTW...Janet McTeer certainly merited her Oscar nomination. This Brit actress was amazingly believable as the lovably trashy southern Mama.

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Summary: A Must See!
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite movies! Janet McTeer was absolutely wonderful (not to mention Academy Award deserving!) and Kimberly J. Brown's performance was fabulous. This movie shows the beauty of a mother-daughter relationship. It will make you cry, it will make you laugh (especially the final scene!) and it will most definetly make you feel good after watching it. I recommend this movie to be seen by all!! (Since some of the other reviews have given a synopsis of the film, I chose just to add my two cents, rather than giving the run down!)

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Summary: The Best!
Review: This movie is my favorite! I loved cast and the director did a wonderful job! I am waiting till April 11 to buy it; only because of the price though. This is a great movie and you should definatly consider it!

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Summary: Relates to me soooooo much!!!
Review: this movie related to me soooo much. me being 13, i can relate to all of things that Ava deals with from adolescence to boys. Ava and her mom relate to me and my mom sooo much. i got a big luahg out of the part where she asked her mom if u were supposed to hold ure breath when u kiss in the movies and her mom told her no, and they practiced kissing on apples.

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Summary: GREAT MOVIE ALSO FUNNY
Review: THIS MOVIE WAS SO GREAT. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MONIES I SEEN IN AWHILE. THE PERFORMANCE WERE ALSO GREAT.IT WAS GREAT THATS ALL I CAN SAY.

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Summary: Ernest Had a Sister
Review: Title for this movie could be "Ernest Had a Sister". The late Jim Varney (Ernest)has close competition from the McTeer character. Or maybe you could call this an aquarium movie, because it is like watching fish swim stupidly around in circles. Kimberly Brown's Ava character carries the movie, especially in the scene in the motor home with Gavin O'Connor. Lot of people like this movie and I wouldn't want to detract from that, but I see enough of these idiots in real life to not want to watch a film about them.

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Summary: Ernest Had a Sister
Review: Title for this movie could be "Ernest Had a Sister". The late Jim Varney (Ernest)has close competition from the McTeer character. Or maybe you could call this an aquarium movie, because it is like watching fish swim stupidly around in circles. Kimberly Brown's Ava character carries the movie, especially in the scene in the motor home with Gavin O'Connor. Lot of people like this movie and I wouldn't want to detract from that, but I see enough of these idiots in real life to not want to watch a film about them.

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Summary: Great performances in true to life tale
Review: TUMBLEWEEDS * * * 1/2 A few months in the life of a flighty single mom and her more sensible young daughter. Performances by Oscar nominated Janet McTeer and KimberlyJ Brown are terrific.

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Summary: Awsome Video
Review: Tumbleweeds is great. I rented it and put off watching it until the last minute before we had to return it. It is so good the actors are excellant.

It is about a mom and her daughter. The mother is always going with men and everytime they break up they move. So the movie is about a time they move and the mom meets another man and it tells what happens with the mother and daughter relationship and the mothers relationship with men. I really recomend this because it is so real. If you like this movie you will also like Anywhere but here. That is along the same lines. A mother daughter relationship.