Places in the Heart (1984)
Places in the Heart (1984)
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Critic Consensus: Places in the Heart is a quiet character piece with grand ambitions that it more than fulfills, thanks to absorbing work from writer-director Robert Benton and a tremendous cast.
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Cast
as Edna Spalding
as Moze
as Mr. Will
as Margaret
as Wayne
as Viola
as Frank
as Possum
as Derby
as Buddy
as Spalding
as Stunt Double
as Tee Tot Hightower
as W.E. Simmons
as Stunt Double
as Ermine
as Wylie
as Deputy Jack Driscoll
as Dispossessed Lady
as Ruby
as Beauty Shop Customer
as Lone Star Syrup Boy
as Lone Star Syrup Boy
as Lone Star Syrup Boy
as Dove Haslip
as Eugene
as KKK Man
as KKK Man
as Texas Voice
as KKK Man
as Texas Voice
as KKK Man
as Texas Voice
as KKK Man
as KKK Man
as Preacher
as Mr. Cheeves
as Mrs. Cheeves
as Narrator
as Rosalie Lomax
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Critic Reviews for Places in the Heart
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Places in the Heart is a loving, reflective homage to his hometown by writer-director Robert Benton.
Much is unemphatic, but all of it carries the moving weight of conviction. And it ends on a healing grace-note which passeth all understanding.
[Benton's] memories provide the material for a wonderful movie, and he has made it, but unfortunately he hasn't stopped at that. He has gone on to include too much.
Out of the memories of his boyhood in Waxahachie, Tex., during the Great Depression, and within the unlikely tradition of the old-fashioned ''mortgage'' melodrama, Robert Benton has made one of the best films in years about growing up American.
Robert 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.
Even in a year that included the formidable likes of Amadeus, Stop Making Sense and The Terminator, this was the best picture of 1984.
Audience Reviews for Places in the Heart
'Places' is OK, but as much as it is supposed to be an uplifting movie about unlikely survival during the Depression, I found it depressing as in the end, it is only by luck and Moze that Edna survives - and next year, with neither Moze or luck on your side, she will lose the farm anyway.
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A well polished pieces but sometimes these bits of drippiness weigh heavily on me. Just have to get me in the right mood to like this one more.
Super Reviewer
Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris Edna Spalding finds herself alone and broke on a small farm in the midst of the Great Depression when her husband the Sheriff is killed in an accident. A wandering black man, Moses, helps her to plant cotten to try and keep her farm and her kids together. She also takes on a blind border, Mr. Will, who lost his sight in the first World War. She must endure storms and harsh labor to try and make her mortage payment on time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of my favorite Sally Field movie's. She gives a great performance along with a great cast. This movie could probly relate to a lot of people who are trying to make it through hard times, while trying to keep their home and family together. I highly recommend this movie to all.
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Places in the Heart Quotes
| Edna Spalding: | Moze. |
| Moze: | Yes, ma'am. |
| Wayne Lomax: | You took a no-account piece of land and a bunch of people that didn't know what they were doin', and you farmed it better than anyone. Colored or white. |
| Possum: | Right on my biscuit!. |
| Edna Spalding: | EDNA SPALDING: "Moze." MOZE: "Yes, mam." EDNA SPALDING: "You took a no-account piece of land and a bunch of people that didn't know what they were doing...and you farmed it better than anyone. Colored or white. |
| Edna Spalding: | Moze. |
| Moze: | Yes, mam. |
| Wayne Lomax: | You took a no-account piece of land and a bunch of people that didn't know what they were doing, and you farmed it better than anyone. Colored or white. |
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