Rotten
It's an uncompelling, yet warm, tale which lightly skips over the woman's travails by illustrating a series of vignettes of rural humanity.
Variety Staff, Variety
Cross Creek
The portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning.
1983 · 2h 7m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Martin Ritt
Overview
In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
Director and cast
- Martin Ritt Director
- Mary Steenburgen as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Rip Torn as Norton Baskin
- Peter Coyote as Norton Baskin
- Dana Hill as Ellie Turner
- Alfre Woodard as Geechee
- Ike Eisenmann as Paul
- Cary Guffey as Floyd Turner
- Toni Hudson as Tim's Wife
- Jay O. Sanders as Charles Rawlings
- Malcolm McDowell as Max Perkins
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Somehow, Mr. Ritt manages to use this very artificiality in the service of an optimism that is very much his own.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Never one to stint himself when it comes to romantic overkill, Ritt piles on the slush with even more gusto than usual.
Time Out
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