Gorgeous, touching film about a Southern family in the 1930s whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of Rose (Laura Dern), a so-called "loose" woman with a real heart of gold. Dern is perfectly cast in the delightful title role, and her real-life mother Diane Ladd is brilliant as the matriarch of the conservative clan who does everything in her power to make sure the ignorant and self-righteous men around her don't harm the charming and "rambling" girl. Director Martha Coolidge has made a light and delicious Southern delicacy on par with Jon Avnet's "Fried Green Tomatoes" that is never less than totally enjoyable.
Review of Rambling Rose
