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Movie Info

Aspiring country singer Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange) is resigned to both her thankless gigs and her unhappy marriage, until she meets the charismatic Charlie Dick (Ed Harris). Eventually leaving her husband to marry Charlie, Patsy temporarily shelves her performing career to be a mother. Later she returns to singing and finds success under manager Randy Hughes (David Clennon). Patsy hits a remarkable stride with a string of hit singles, and has become a full-fledged star when tragedy strikes.

Rating:

PG-13
Genre:

biography
Original Language:

English
Director:

Karel Reisz
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$9.0M
Runtime:

1h 55m
Production Co:

Home Box Office (HBO)
Sound Mix:

Stereo, Surround

Cast & Crew

Jessica Lange
Patsy Cline

Ed Harris
Charlie Dick

Ann Wedgeworth
Hilda Hensley

David Clennon
Randy Hughes

James Staley
Gerald Cline

Gary Basaraba
Woodhouse

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Critic Reviews for Sweet Dreams

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (2)

But the resulting film is scattershot, always skirting the surface, never digging deep enough, runnning through events as if it was a TV movie racing ahead to the next commercial break.

December 12, 2018 | Full Review…

Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
"Sweet Dreams" doesn't draw you in the way, say, "Coal Miner's Daughter" (the story of Loretta Lynn) did, but it does entertain.

January 4, 2018 | Full Review…

Paul Attanasio
Washington Post
Lange and Harris, dangerously well-matched, give us lovers whom only success could sunder.

January 3, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Sheila Benson
Los Angeles Times
Clearly the coal miner's daughter's cousin by both birthright and ambition, Sweet Dreams upholds the family honor quite well.

March 26, 2009 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
The two main performances are excellent: Lange plays the singer without a hint of condescension to her dreams of 'a big house with yellow roses', while Harris is persuasively menacing, with an inventively foul mouth.

June 24, 2006 | Full Review…

Geoff Andrew
Time Out
Miss Lange makes herself a perfect physical extension of the vibrant, changeable, enormously expressive woman who can be heard on these recordings.

May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3/5

Janet Maslin
New York Times
Director Karel Reisz and screenwriter Robert Getchell create a tightly woven drama with two strong main characters and a number of fine supporting roles, and the love story at the film's center is convincing.

January 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

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May 7, 2007 | Rating: 3/5

Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com
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February 21, 2006 | Rating: 3/5

Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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October 20, 2005 | Rating: 5/5

Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
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August 19, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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July 7, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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Audience Reviews for Sweet Dreams

Apr 24, 2014

Someone recently told me that Jessica Lange has trouble acting. This and Frances prove the opposite. Lange is tremendous as Patsy Cline.

John B Super Reviewer
Apr 05, 2007

jessica lange is wonderful as always and ed harris is fine also but the real gem performance is ann wedgeworth as the mother

jay n Super Reviewer