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Places in the Heart

1984

Robert Benton

Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Danny Glover ...

6.7

2,280

Drama Set during the Great Depression in Waxachie, Texas, director Robert Benton's hometown, PLACES IN THE HEART stars Sally Field as Edna Spalding. After her husband is accidentally shot and killed by a drunk, Edna, the mother of two, has no means of support, and the $240 mortgage on her 40 acres of property is in danger of imminent foreclosure. Frightened at first, the spunky woman vows never to sell the farm and contemplates the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Places in the Heart' is the kind of movie where people tend to dismiss the parts they don't like (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A family tale handed down from one generation to the next, full of wonder and longing and love."	POS
United Kingdom	Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"I have no doubt that Robert Benton's Oscar-nominated Places In The Hear is a sincere film. But I find it pretty egregious just the same"	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A loving, reflective homage to his hometown by writer-director Robert Benton (...) filmgoers may find his understated naturalistic approach lacking in dramatic punch."	POS
United States	The Washington Post	"Pure sentiment -- sweet, though not saccharine"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Benton spends most of this film signaling his intentions to make a noble, stirring piece of dust-bowl Americana on the model of a Ford or Vidor, yet the goods he delivers are wholly synthetic."	NEU

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