Review of Cross Creek

Mizz Rawlins was a much more interesting woman than the portrayal by ms steenburger allows...she was a raucous, rowdy, gun totin' moonshine swillin' pants waring hussy with a big big mouf... she was also very very articulate and intelligent... none of these qualities shine thru... ms steenburger plays her like she is the secretary of the local knitting circle... alfre woodard however, throws some pro acting chops down that handily spice things up... the late great rip torn is marvelous...shotgun on horseback cracker style...he and alfre save the thing from being completely stuffed... no real story here, just some nice scenery, a bit of history (the famed maxwell perkins -"On my way to see Earnest")... peter coyote does well also as her eventual husband... but be warned: by the end, you'll ask yourself, 'what was the point of all this? It could have been wrapped up in 5 minutes'... a real and concise biography of the woman might have been a bit more interesting, like we said-she was an interesting woman; you'd never know that by this snoozer.