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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783116976
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783116977
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 13, 2001
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 66926
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Masters in depicting the superficial machinations of England's repressed upper classes, director James Ivory and his partners, screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and producer Ismail Merchant, take on the American middle class in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Paul Newman and wife Joanne Woodward play the eponymous main characters: a patriarch and wife of a well-to-do family, whose members are struggling to define themselves under their father's undefiable command and the changing times.
With one daughter who wants to become an actress in New York, another who chooses the 'wrong' kind of man to marry, and a son who quits school to join the Air Force during World War II, Mr. Bridge finds that his control over his family is slipping. Spanning the 1930s and '40s, the film presents nuances in how both the dramatic and the smaller moments are woven together. Weddings and arguments are no more important to capturing the essence of the Bridge family then are their moments of daily reverie.
A quiet film that succeeds in establishing its characters' intimacy, with themselves and each other, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge owes much of that success to Woodward. While Newman doesn't always seem comfortable as the stern ruler of the Bridge household, Woodward steals the film as the long-suffering woman whose identity is precariously built on her ascribed roles as mother and wife, taken for granted and often overlooked by the family she truly loves. --Natasha Senjanovic
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - It's a little to soft, but there is much to be said about the brilliant acting going on here...
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are brilliantly composed and controlled in this very quiet, very sincere film by James Ivory. The film for the most part is very well done, and it can be very emotionally stirring in scenes, but the film rests solely on the shoulders of the very fine cast which elevate what could have been a dull film into a film that one should make a point to see.
In other words; the film as a whole is not as strong as its stars.
`Mr. & Mrs. Bridge' ... Read More
Rating:  - Mediocre
Having recently read the masterful separate books Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge, by Evan S. Connell, I was anxious to see the 1990 Merchant/Ivory film that combined the two books into one, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge. While not a bad film, it falls far short of the books. Yes, it's a trite thing to state, but it's also true, and there are a number of reasons why the film ultimately fails, especially so if you've read the books before seeing the film. Yet, the film is lushly filmed, impeccably acted, and a very ... Read More
Rating:  - Mr and Mrs Bridge
The story is slow paced. What really attracts me to this movie besides the actors is the story itself. Were women really this meek and never expressed openions other than their husbands. Thank goodness for Women's Lib.
Rating: - Mr. and Mrs. Newman as Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
I don't think it's possible not to enjoy this movie. It's not all rainbows and roses, but an honest look at WWII era life in mid-America. All of the characters are superb, not a weak link in the bunch.
You see the evolution of a marriage that always has commitment, and a bond of love, yet lacks the emotional component. As the story unfolds, the couple learn how important one is to the other despite years of taking one another for granted.
The couple is central to the tale but they aren't alone, ... Read More
Rating: - Calm, Touching Work
Paul Newman brings the wonderful Evan Connell novels to the screen. These could not have been easy novels to turn into cinema, as they are episodic and span thirty years or more in the life of this family. Joanne Woodward steals the show as the repressed housewife of the title, doomed to a country-club life in far-off Kansas City with an emotionally-distant husband. She wants what is best for her children, but cannot see past convention and the style of the day. Her humanity rings through, though, as when ... Read More
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