“Joanne Woodwards Mrs. Bridge is one of the best performances ever given on film of a middle-aged woman.”

“Another superb movie about a mature marriage grounded in a fundamental lack of communication is Dodsworth, based on the Sinclair Lewis novel.”

“When it came to portraying couples who never directly connected, the Newmans were the Olympic gold champions”

“... this film taps perfectly into the viewers sense of the world. It was a big, big hit, and one of Hollywoods best-remembered marriage movies, although by grounding itself in trendy political issu...”

“The ghastly mother-in-law is well represented by a little comedy film of 1952: No Room for the Groom, directed by Douglas Sirk, the fine German director more famous for his melodramas that humanely...”

“The true marriage movie involving in-laws and children is a story about how marriage is directly affected by external characters who impact the central relationship in various ways.”

“Because we all need to believe in movies, sometimes.”

“You float like a feather," sings Radiohead, "In a beautiful world." I've listened several times to the Radiohead songs, because it was nice of Raymond to say he heard a bit of them in what I sang. ...”

“I think this is why Ellis took so many moving pictures of us. Because he knew that people come in and out of your life, and a picture fixes them in the moment they reach out to you.”