Rotten
One of these days, maybe Kurt Russell and Kelly McGillis will look back at Winter People and laugh.
Caryn James, New York Times
Winter People
A passion so strong it kills.
1989 · 1h 50m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Ted Kotcheff
Overview
Wayland Jackson (Russell), a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright (McGillis), a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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13%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film is shot in 'Scope, but the effort is essentially wasted by dull center framing that makes the format superfluous.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
An overearnest story about feudin' mountain families that's good for little more than a few hoots at its own expense.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
Winter People is the kind of movie where you sit there asking yourself questions that apparently never occurred to the filmmakers.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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