Review of Places in the Heart (1984) by Steve G — 15 Mar 2015

For some reason, I'm a sucker for depression-era films -- and this is one of the better ones.

The villains at the end of this movie are among the worst I've ever seen.

The "what do you look like?" scene was beautiful.

Unfortunately, it only suffers from a slight lack of destination.

Though I must say, that end scene totally bothered me. It turned the movie into something inauthentic, in a way. Even if it was intended to be symbolic, it steals the story of some efficacy. Would've been much better without the man back (if you've seen it, you know). Bad play.

Forced an excessively figurative conclusion that I believe robs the film of true spirituality as seen in their lives. Didn't need to push it quite so hard to completely take the film in a totally different direction.

Otherwise, a lovely film.