Tumbleweeds | | Cast : | Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown | | Director : | Gavin O'Connor | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | January 01, 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | November 24, 2000 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 19, 2004 | | Summary | Ernest Had a Sister | Content
 | Title for this movie could be "Ernest Had a Sister". The late Jim Varney (Ernest)has close competition from the McTeer character. Or maybe you could call this an aquarium movie, because it is like watching fish swim stupidly around in circles. Kimberly Brown's Ava character carries the movie, especially in the scene in the motor home with Gavin O'Connor. Lot of people like this movie and I wouldn't want to detract from that, but I see enough of these idiots in real life to not want to watch a film about them. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 31, 2003 | | Summary | They Ran Away From Everything Else ... | Content
| Except From Each Other. This movie was a great movie to sit down and watch on a rainy day or on a sunny day at that. I never knew that this was a real movie up until it aired on digital cable. I loved this movie as I sat down and watched it. It was adorable and it was a great movie to either watch by yourself or with your mom and daughter setting. This movie showed the real effects of what goes on in a child's life who is going from place to place and never having a real home. 5 stars! If you loved Kimberly J. Brown in this movie, you will LOVE her in Halloweentown, Halloweentown 2, and Quints (All Disney Channel Original Movies!) I Sure Did!! |
| Rating | | | Date | December 28, 2003 | | Summary | Great Mother Daughter characters | Content
| The real reason for Mary Jo's need to escape each time an affair is over, is never fully explained or comprehended, at least not by this viewer. I explain to myself that she is the survivor type with the need to turn over a new leaf each time something does not work out. As if by changing a place, throwing your old clothes through the window, the past is erased. Mary Jo is not attached to husbands, clothes or places although she is a friendly and outgoing person, but her love for her daughter Eva is big enough to bring on a change.
This is no great movie nor one that will stay with you forever, but is truly enjoyable and mainly due to its two main heroines and the optimistic good-natured characters of both mother and daughter. There is a slight resemblance to the movie "Mermaids" and to the other mother character.
During the movie I asked myself several times if one can really learn to adopt such attitude of "don't worry...I can always find another job"... I wonder. I guess you have to be born with this attitude or adopt it after a series of life circumstances where you have only yourself to count on. In any case this attitude seems to work for Mary Jo as she is able to make a new beginning every time, until Eva puts her foot down. Both actresses were great and I loved their chemistry. Janet McTeer is endearing as the easy going, life loving Mary Jo and Kimberly Brown playing Eva is as sweet as can be (yet always a normal child).
The men characters do not come out so good out of this movie and I was sorry to see that when finally a worthy man comes along Mary Jo is in her "now independent" stage. Lets hope that the future, as hinted, will be better. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 22, 2002 | | Summary | Lively, lovely performances! | Content
| I loved this story of a mother-daughter bond. Janet McTeer and Kimbely Brown are outstanding as a mother running from one bad relationship to another and her daughter who finally puts her foot down and insists on staying put in California. It's not a story we havn't seen before. (Anywhere But Here came out in the same year.) The strong bond the mother and daughter share is heartwarming and satisfying. |
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