Cross Creek 1983

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Somehow, Mr. Ritt manages to use this very artificiality in the service of an optimism that is very much his own. Read more

Time Out: Never one to stint himself when it comes to romantic overkill, Ritt piles on the slush with even more gusto than usual. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: It's an uncompelling, yet warm, tale which lightly skips over the woman's travails by illustrating a series of vignettes of rural humanity. Read more