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Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Beth Henley (who also penned the screenplay), Crimes of the Heart stars three high-powered actresses as three high-strung sisters. Lenny (Diane Keaton),... read more read more... Meg (Jessica Lange) and Babe (Sissy Spacek) gather at Lenny's deep-South home for her birthday. Lenny, the oldest, can't seem to sustain a relationship with a man. Meg is an aspiring actress who hasn't progressed beyond commercial voice overs. And Babe is released on bond from jail after shooting her senator husband. Add to this information the fact that the girls' mother killed herself in Lenny's house, and that when Meg offhandedly expresses the wish that grouchy grandfather Hurd Hatfield would slip into a coma, he does, whereupon the sisters, despite every effort to treat the situation with proper sobriety, burst into helpless laughter over her "psychic" powers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Bruce Beresford

Release Date: December 12, 1986

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DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004

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Flixster Reviews (97)

  • jjnxn
    April 4, 2007
    jjnxn
    quirky in both a good and bad way
  • ashleymh007
    August 3, 2007
    ashleymh007
    I was really expecting alot more from this because I love the 3 stars,but it just wasn't quire there. There are some very funny parts and I enjoyed their interaction,but there needed to be more story.
  • jam233
    August 13, 2009
    jam233
    Very well written and directed, nicely drawn characters. The cast is terrific, and the three leads are superb, especially Sissy Spacek. Enjoyable from start to finish. It's a bittersweet story with some very amusing scenes, as well as some very touching ones.
  • jrmcm
    September 5, 2007
    jrmcm
    Give these actresses some lines and let them fucking run. A slightly better story would be appreciated though.
  • nikkidawn75
    January 14, 2007
    nikkidawn75
    God I remember watching this movie over and over. This movie was hilarious. I love that part where Babe (Sissy Spacek) was trying to kill herself and put her head in the oven. If you havent seen this one yet you have too cuz it's funny as hell

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Emanuel Levy
June 3, 2006
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Using eccentric personalities situated in seemingly ordinary locales, Beresford's comedy is still too theatrical to qualify as cinema, but it's well acted by Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, and particula... Full Review

Rich Cline
April 18, 2005
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

superbly well acted

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
February 3, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Crimes of the Heart is a bittersweet comedy that is funny, inventive and affecting. Full Review

Ken Hanke
October 1, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Better than you might think with a real feel for the south.

James Sanford
September 27, 2003
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

Great work by all in a deliciously twisted comedy

Nell Minow
August 20, 2003
Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Okay, the Oscar-winning actresses chew the scenery, but if you can't do that in a movie about crackpot Southerners, when can you?

Robert Roten
October 24, 2002
Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope

A wacky screwball dark southern comedy

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

A gleaming adaptation that features three wonderful performances.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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