The Bridges of Madison County (film) has a 66 out of 100 rating, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". According to Janet Maslin, "Clint Eastwood, director and alchemist, has transformed "The Bridges of Madison County" into something bearable—no, something even better. Limited by the vapidity of this material while he trims its excesses with the requisite machete, Mr. Eastwood locates a moving, elegiac love story at the heart of Mr. Waller's self-congratulatory overkill. The movie has leanness and surprising decency, and Meryl Streep has her best role in years. Looking sturdy and voluptuous in her plain housedress (the year is 1965), Ms. Streep rises
Madison County, Indiana Madison County, Indiana Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2015, the population was 129,723. The county seat is Anderson. Madison County is included in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Madison County was formed in 1823. It was named for James Madison, co-author of "The Federalist Papers" and the fourth President of the United States (1809 to 1817). According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 99.78%) is land and (or 0.22%) is water. In recent years, average temperatures in Anderson have ranged from