Scenes that always stand out: When Karen Dinesen is at Denys Finch-Hatton’s graveside and recites A.E. Housman’s “To An Athlete Dying Young” — a little over the top, but then she reaches down for a handful of dirt to toss into the grave and just can’t. She walks away, clutching the dirt to her heart. That’s when it all works.

Another Streep moment— Bridges of Madison County — she’s got her hand on the car door, watching Robert’s truck sitting at the stop light too long, waiting for her. You can see the indecision, the longing, in the way her fingers twist around the metal handle.

whew.