The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
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Kenneth Mitchell
- Tom Hawkings III
- (as Ken Mitchell)
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- TriviaActors Susan May Pratt and Kenneth Mitchell who played Margaret and Tom Hawkins were later married in real life.
- GoofsWhen Margaret is making tea for her grandmother we can hear the tea kettle whistle. But when she pours water from the kettle into a teapot, there's clearly no whistle on the nozzle.
- Quotes
Sophia (1909): Who was that man?
- ConnectionsReferences Nanook of the North (1922)
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Charlie Kate, Medicine Woman
Joan Micklin Silver, the director of this film has done better before. She must have been attracted to the material. The novel was much better, as usually is the case when the adaptation is from a book and not from a short story.
The film is pleasant to watch, but it seems hollow in parts. Charlie Kate was a determined woman; she gets rid of a husband that is a waste and sets up a domestic practice to help everyone that is sick. She had an innate sense for healing, as the man who she saves from being lynched tells her at the beginning of the film.
Gena Rowlands is good as the indomitable Charlie Kate. When she has good material, this actress excels. The surprise of the film is without a doubt, Mimi Rogers, an actress that is far superior than others of her generation. Unfortunately, she doesn't get what she deserves. The rest of the cast is good too.
This is a nostalgic look of America in the early 40s.
The film is pleasant to watch, but it seems hollow in parts. Charlie Kate was a determined woman; she gets rid of a husband that is a waste and sets up a domestic practice to help everyone that is sick. She had an innate sense for healing, as the man who she saves from being lynched tells her at the beginning of the film.
Gena Rowlands is good as the indomitable Charlie Kate. When she has good material, this actress excels. The surprise of the film is without a doubt, Mimi Rogers, an actress that is far superior than others of her generation. Unfortunately, she doesn't get what she deserves. The rest of the cast is good too.
This is a nostalgic look of America in the early 40s.
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- Aug 3, 2004
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