@REEL_DEAL2025-12-15 17:00 UTC
Places in the Heart: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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1984 · Drama
Places in the Heart
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
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RELEASE DATE
1984
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GENRE
Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-23 10:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, Places in the Heart would settle the national debt.
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-27 01:00 UTC
Places in the Heart has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-28 15:00 UTC
Places in the Heart confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
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r/TrueFilm · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 3.2k points
The cinematography in Places in the Heart is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched Places in the Heart last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/movies · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 1.6k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Places in the Heart actually is?
Everyone praising the Places in the Heart performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 1.7k points
Hot Take: Places in the Heart's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought Places in the Heart was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/criticalkino · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 2.7k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Places in the Heart?
Just got out of Places in the Heart and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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