Pauline Kael Quote

Since I have an aversion to movies in which people say grace at the dinner table (not to the practice but to how movies use it to establish the moral strength of a household), the opening night montage of Sunday-night supper in one home after another in Waxahachie, Texas in 1935 — a whole community saying grace — made me expect the worst.

"Mirrors," review of Places in the Heart (1984-10-15), p. 246. - State of the Art (1985)

Since I have an aversion to movies in which people say grace at the dinner table (not to the practice but to how movies use it to establish the moral ...

Since I have an aversion to movies in which people say grace at the dinner table (not to the practice but to how movies use it to establish the moral ...

Since I have an aversion to movies in which people say grace at the dinner table (not to the practice but to how movies use it to establish the moral ...

Since I have an aversion to movies in which people say grace at the dinner table (not to the practice but to how movies use it to establish the moral ...