How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Movie · PG-13 · 116 min · ★ 6.4 · 68% critics
A graduate student on the verge of marriage starts doubting her relationship and heads to a quiet California town to clear her mind. While staying with family, she spends time with a quilting circle and hears a series of personal stories about love, choices, and commitment that challenge how she sees her own future.
Based on How to Make an American Quilt
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Details
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-10-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (198 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like reflective, relationship-focused dramas built from multiple interconnected stories and a warm, talky tone; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear-cut romance, or minimal infidelity themes, like in Still Breathing.
Pros: strong ensemble cast; heartfelt life stories; thoughtful themes | Cons: slow, episodic pacing; uneven engagement; can feel long
Themes
- marriage proposal
- wedding vows
- married couple
- marriage
- monogamy
- advice
- quilt
- love
- family holiday
- extramarital affair
- grandmother
- woman director
Cast & crew
Winona Ryder
as Finn Dodd
Anne Bancroft
as Glady Joe Cleary
Ellen Burstyn
as Hy Dodd
Kate Nelligan
as Constance Saunders
Jean Simmons
as Em
Maya Angelou
as Anna
Alfre Woodard
as Marianna
Dermot Mulroney
as Sam
Lois Smith
as Sophia
Kate Capshaw
as Sally
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse