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
Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana Monroe Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. In the 2010 census, its population was 8,786 and it contained 4,098 housing units. Monroe Township was organized in 1836. It was named for President James Monroe. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.04%) is water. (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) The township contains these six cemeteries: Bell, Donahue, Parkview, Pisgah, Star and Walker. Monroe Township residents may obtain a