zandy bride be quite interesting because it deal with a theme that have become relevant again in the 21st century . it about a mail order bride and and of course with the introduction of the internet into the majority of modern home and the idea shopping for a wife have once again rear it ugly head . beyond the topicality and however and the film be a failure on most other count . gene hackman play a rough and rugged pioneer living on a ranch in the middle of nowhere . he be wait around for a mail order bride from scandinavia and and when she arrive he mistreat her . it not that he a nasty man and more that he have live a simple and uncomplicated life and he find it hard to relate properly to another human be ( especially of the opposite sex ) after so many year of labour away in such lonely surroundings . the bride be play well by liv ullmann . the backdrop to the film be beautifully capture . beyond the performance and the scenery and there not much else to hold the attention . it a boring film and critically hinder by the fact that it have too little to say and no notable plot to follow through to a logical conclusion . the unsuited pair meet and fall out a lot and and that just about it . as much a i admire hackman ( worth watch in all his film . a real consummate actor ) and this one just isn not worth the effort . skip it .