For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to meet a mystery man who may be her ex-husband. The third & youngest daughter is an unmarried nurse aware of her ticking biological clock. The only son chases after his grumpy father who seems to not care a whit about his wife's circumstances. The four are also faced my their mother's dreams to accomplish a few things before she dies - to visit a beach she had visited in the past, to see her youngest married, and to visit Paris. She also wants to be embalmed and be honored with a 21 gun salute. Thus the whole group has to set off in the quest to fulfill their mother's wishes.
Soft Fruit has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Soft Fruit (1999)
By Eric Monder (171) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Jan 2000
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Soft Fruit was released in 1999 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 4 reviews, giving Soft Fruit (1999) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 73%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 40%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Soft Fruit a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 63%, Soft Fruit is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like Bicentennial Man, Blast from the Past and True Crime.
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