Tumbleweeds Reviews

Tumbleweeds Review
by Dennis Schwartz
TUMBLEWEEDS (director/writer: Gavin O'Connor; screenwriter: based on the memoirs of Angela Shelton; cinematographer: Dan Stoloff; editor: John Gilroy; cast: Janet McTeer (Mary Jo Walker), Kimberly J. Brown (Ava Walker), Jay O. Sanders (Dan), Gavin...more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Walter Frith
I've always disliked the notion that a certain film has to be a 'guy' or 'girl' flick. It would be nice if directors, writers, and actors could give a movie some interaction to make all films appeal at least in some part to everyone. But I guess this is...more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Edwin Jahiel
TUMBLEWEEDS (1999) *** Directed by Gavin O'Connor.Written by O'Connor and Angela Shelton, based on Shelton's memoirs. Photography, Dan Stoloff. Editing, John Gilroy. Production design, Brice Eric Holtshousen. Music, David Mansfield. Produced by...more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Waldron-Mantgani
Rated on a 4-star scale Screening venue: Home (Screener tape courtesy of Fine Line Features USA) Released in the UK by Entertainment Film Distributors on March 3, 2000; certificate 15; 102 minutes; country of origin USA; aspect ratio 1.85:1 more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Susan Granger
Susan Granger's review of "TUMBLEWEEDS" (Fine Line Films) Why see Tumbleweeds? One very compelling reason: Janet McTeer, who's been dubbed "the next Meryl Streep." The plot, involving a flighty, narcissistic mother and profane, outspoken...more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Mark O'Hara
Gavin O'Connor's "Tumbleweeds" is a tour-de-force of character study, a narrative whose whirlwind plot whips up our interest only to let us down gently in the end. more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Jerry Saravia
The road movie is a genre not likely to die anytime soon because it represents the American landscape of searching for your identity. Now the road movie about a single/divorced/widowed mother searching for a new place and a new man with a daughter or son...more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Steve Rhodes
Since TUMBLEWEEDS opened right on the heels of the remarkably similar ANYWHERE BUT HERE, let's make it clear which is which. Both feature likeable mother/daughter buddies who are off to California to make a new life for themselves since the mother is...more

Tumbleweeds Review
by David N. Butterworth
Hot on the heels of--and certainly not to be confused with--that other mother-daughter road picture currently doing the rounds (the Susan Sarandon/Natalie Portman "Anywhere But Here"), Gavin O'Connor's "Tumbleweeds" tumbles into town Š and will likely...more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Christopher Null
TUMBLEWEEDS A film review by Christopher Null Copyright 1999 Christopher Null filmcritic.com more

Tumbleweeds Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Fine Line Features Director: Gavin O'Connor Writer: Angela Shelton (story), Gavin O'Connor Cast: Janet McTeer, Kimberly Brown, Gavin O'Connor, Jay O. Sanders, Lois Smith, Laurel Holloman, Michael J. Pollard, Noah Emmerich,...more
Tumbleweeds Review
by Dustin Putman
Directed by Gavin O'Connor. Cast: Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown, Gavin O'Connor, Jay O. Sanders, Laurel Holloman, Ashley Buccille, Cody McMains, Lois Smith, Michael J. Pollard. 1999 - 100 minutes Rated PG-13 (for profanity). Reviewed by Dustin Putman,...more
Tumbleweeds Review
by Eugene Novikov
Tumbleweeds is very much an actor's movie, one with little going for it besides the potential for tour de force performances. The script, indeed, is a thespian's dream, complete with explosive domestic abuse scenes, teary-eyed monologues and screaming...more
Tumbleweeds Review
by Scott Renshaw
TUMBLEWEEDS (Fine Line) Starring: Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown, Jay O. Sanders, Gavin O'Connor, Laurel Holloman, Lois Smith. Screenplay: Gavin O'Connor and Angela Shelton. Producer: Gregory O'Connor. Director: Gavin O'Connor. MPAA Rating: PG-13...more
Tumbleweeds Review
by Jon Popick
This delightful indie one-up of Anywhere But Here features better acting leads and a slightly meatier, more realistic story. Like the Susan Sarandon/Natalie Portman vehicle, Tumbleweeds features a single mother and her teenage daughter leaving a small...more