Sally Field,
Lindsay Crouse,
Ed Harris,
Amy Madigan,
John Malkovich
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Of the three "mortgage on the farm" films of 1984 (Country and The River were the other two), Places in the Heart is the only one set during the Depression. After her husband is killed, Sally Field is... read more
DVD Release Date: October 9, 2001
Stats: 253 reviews
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 ... read more
Places in the heart was a movie I took from my friend list, award winning movies.It was a strong well made drama that took place in Texas during the Depression in the mid 30s. Sally Field gave a powerful performance as Edna Spalding, a wife and mother of 2 kids who became widowed... read more
Places In The Heart was a good movie but it wasn't as good as I heard.I think the best thing about the movie was Sally Field's character & how she did everything she could to keep a roof over her & her family's head.Other then that, It was just OK
A wonderfully simple film, lovingly detailed art direction and costume design. The cinematography is excellent. The performances from everyone are notable. Sally Field gives a very convincing and heartfelt performance. The supporting cast is exemplary. Ed Harris, Lindsay Crouse, ... read more
It's a period piece (The Great Depression). It tells the story of a widower who's husband was killed in an accident, who's left with a farm, kids (2 of them), mortgage and no way to make the payment. She has to find a way, because if not she'll lose it all. She is befriended b... read more
Great performance by Sally Field...and although the main part of the story was not about the KKK...that part made me angry...injustice always makes me angry.
one of my mothers favorite films .. it show how terrible the KKK is and how great one women does in a terrible time ..
A very good movie. It's heartbreaking, but also heartwarming. Sally is amazine in this movie. It has an awesome cast! A movie worth watching!
A heartwarming family drama of a woman who will stop at nothing to keep her home and family together.
[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. Full Review
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 be... Full Review
Benton effectively re-creates depression-era Texas in this moving tale that landed the second Oscar for Field. Full Review
Set in the Depression, Benton's memory film is too sanctimonious and idealistic, showing how economic misery and hard times bring out the best, here in the form of a new community, composed of a white... Full Review
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. Full Review
A treasure of a film. The performances are beyond great. Full Review
moving and inventive
Field succeeds in making Edna both fragile and tough-minded, defiant not by character or disposition but by sheer effort of will. Full Review
Brilliant, Oscar-winning period piece
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