Review of Places in the Heart (1984) by Her M — 23 Jan 2008

The Great Depression: America in the 1930s.Racism.Cotton field.

This review of Places in the Heart (1984) was written by Her M on 23 Jan 2008.

Places in the Heart has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Places in the Heart

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Harry W (1,900) on 28 Feb 2013

Places in the Heart has a story worth telling, but it lacks the appropriate running length to fill us all in…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Tamara H (174) on 29 Jul 2015

I recently revisited some Sally Field movies..this is one of the best, look at the star power Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malcovich, Ed…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 07 Aug 2015

Even in a year that included the formidable likes of Amadeus, Stop Making Sense and The Terminator, this was the best picture of 1984…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Davey M (514) on 28 Mar 2012

A sweetly and subtly observed period melodrama, with strong performances and delicate, lyrical writing and direction, and an effective portrayal…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Alec B (1,705) on 13 Apr 2018

One of the best (not overtly) Christian films ever made…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Film F (88) on 09 Jul 2013

Sally Field gano su segundo Oscar con esta pelicula, el reparto o mejor dicho el Monster Cast incluye a Ed Harris, John Malkovich y Danny Glover…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Felipe F (595) on 20 Apr 2016

Robert Benton's depiction of a woman trying to keep her farm and family together in the face of adversities set in Texas during the Great Depression…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Chad A (71) on 29 Jan 2016

Places' is OK, but as much as it is supposed to be an uplifting movie about unlikely survival during the Depression, I found it depressing…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By John H (1,894) on 13 Apr 2018

One of the best (not overtly) Christian films ever made…

Read Review

Review of Places in the Heart (1984)

By Tomas T (176) on 17 Apr 2012

A Very Good Story, Well Told and Surperbly Acted…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Remains of the Day (1993)

By Broyax (884) on 13 Jan 2017

Chouettes acteurs qu'on a là, dites-moi ! et... bordel de merde je me suis encore endormi, 5 mn après le début…

Read Review

Review of Rocky IV (1985)

By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 02 Nov 1991

A scant hour and a half long, padded with clips from earlier Rocky pictures, adding nothing to his mythic, let alone human dimensions, it lacks…

Read Review

Review of The Queen (2006)

By Howardhughes (1) on 14 Oct 2006

Horrible. No other word can describe this movie…

Read Review

Review of Babel (2006)

By Finnigan37 (16) on 22 Feb 2013

This is one of the five worst films I have ever seen. Insanely boring and pointless. Dullness for the sake of dullness…

Read Review

Review of Whale Rider (2003)

By Patty.p. (1) on 16 Oct 2004

This movie sucked, it was boring and it dragged on for ages. dont rent or buy this movie. I give it 0 out of 10, it was crap…

Read Review

Review of The Discovery of Heaven (2001)

By Cátia M (19) on 12 Jul 2010

This is a very bad interpretation of a fabulous book, it doesn't provide any insight into the characters, their ideas; I highly recommend the…

Read Review

Review of Ghosts (2005)

By Yishai R (1) on 08 Mar 2012

Petzold knows what he's doing, but what he's doing isn't particularly stimulating…

Read Review

Review of Princesses (2005)

By Marzena K (33) on 16 Feb 2008

Interesting attempt to go beyond the prostitute-sexual object cliche. Too bad it became a sweet-girl-cliche-hell…

Read Review

Review of Sex and Lucía (2001)

By Troy A (232) on 24 Feb 2012

This movie just grabbed me. I actually watched it a few times to catch all the details…

Read Review

Review of In My Father's Den (2004)

By Zak H (46) on 03 Jun 2008

Not very impressed. I saw that it was adapted from a book and I wonder how much has been cut…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews