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...parents of Paul and Norman turn in a good performance as well, despite somewhat limiting roles. Kind-hearted Mrs. Maclean (Brenda Blethyn) plays off the stern father, both demonstrating their love in the way best suited to their sex--she dotes while he purses his lips. It might be a little stereotypical, but Redford is trying to recreate the ideal America...
...Redford, "A River Runs Through It" is a labor of love. If he doesn't fly fish, it's clear that he wishes he could. When Redford speaks for Norman Maclean as the narrator he wishes Maclean's life had been...
...pretty pictures are not enough to make a movie and Redford's explanation of the metaphysics of fly fishing comes straight from the book, making the film little more than a collection of illustrations for the novel. It would be hard to visualize the beauty that Maclean describes in the pages of A River Runs Through It, so Redford's interpretation serves some purpose. But for those of us who haven't read the novel, something is missing...
...meaning of A River Runs Through It is somewhere just beneath the surface, like a fish waiting to be caught. My grandfather was a fisherman and I admired him much the same way that Norman and Paul admire the Reverend Maclean. But I never really understood the lure of fishing and though I watched my grandfather attentively, I never learned anything. Without that knowledge of how a fish thinks, I don't think I could ever really comprehend "A River Runs Through It," at least not without the help of Maclean's prose. Redford's illustrations are incredibly beautiful...
Based on the story by Norman Maclean...