Vermont is for Lovers is an independently produced docudrama released in 1992, starring George Thrush and Marya Cohn and shot on location Tunbridge, Vermont. The film concerns a couple visiting Vermont in order to be married, and interviewing local residents on the subject of marriage. Largely improvised and using non-professional actors, the film was shown at various film festivals including the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Hawaii International Film Festival. The movie was not very well-received by the national press, with the New York Times calling it, âvaguely amiable.â While the Washington Post review commented that the film was an âall-too-easy target for ridicule,â it also mentioned one of the filmâs high points: âIn one scene, a typically droll Vermont resident (playing himself) sums up his stateâs fabled coolness to strangers by suggesting that a sign be placed at the state line, reading âWelcome to Vermont. Now Leave.ââ
