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Places in the Heart (1984)
Rate:
8
Viewed:
4/18
4/18:
I picked up Places in the Heart because it was John Malkovich's first film which resulted in an Oscar nomination
for him, and he deserved it.
Others' acting performances, most especially Danny Glover, are also great. Sally Field is the only one I'm not
impressed with despite winning an Oscar. I don't care for her character.
If there's anything I never bought, it's the story. I'm sure it's nice and all, but picking cotton on forty acres in
a record time with the help of a blind white man and a poor black man to save the family farm? I don't think so. Plus all
the bad shit that keeps being piled up one after another, Sally Field's character finds a way out through them? I
don't think so. A black man escapes severe punishment after stealing sliver in the Jim Crow South? I don't think so.
He'll be lynched. Plus, why would Moze do that if he knew better?
It's a mistake to cast Amy Madigan and Lindsay Crouse in the same film because they look alike. I can't tell the difference
between these two. Taking up a significant amount of time, it's not clear to me what their problems have to do with the main
plot. Happily, Ed Harris married Amy Madigan in Waxahachie, Texas, shortly after the conclusion of the filming.
They went on to do eight films together.
All in all, the performances in Places in the Heart are great, but forget about Sally Field.