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List Price: $9.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 6321
Released: October 9, 2001 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Field stars as a struggling widow in 1930's depression Texas. Her perservance in raising her two childen sets an example for all around her.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 1-MAY-2007
Media Type: DVD
Places in the Heart Reviews:
One of the best movies of the 80's! 
2009-08-08 - I don't have much to add to the reviews here that hasn't already been said. I love movies of this time period and this one doesn't get any better. Top notch acting and feel. Just buy it!
Best Move I've Ever Seen
2009-05-03 - This is the best movie I've ever seen, starring my all time favorite actress, Sally Field. Sally won an accademy award for best actress for her part in this film, which she very much deserves. She did one fantastic job of acting. So did the pople who played the blind man and the black hired hand.
Set in the Great Gepression, it portrays people who are tender in their caring for others, very strong in their faith in God and gutsy in their refusal to quit when the going gets tough. In contrast it portrays an insensitive, greedy banker, who shortly after her husband's senseless killing encourages Edna Spalding (Sally Field) to sell her house to pay off the mortgage, go live with her sister and since she doesn't have room to house all of Edna's family, send one of her two children to live with relatives in another state. She bluntly turns down his offer, letting him know that she will find a way to get the mortgage money in on time.
A black man named Mose's (Danny Grover) offer to help Edna grow cotton, while met with initial hesitation, undoutedly influenced not only by the South's attitude toward blacks, but also by the fact that her husband was killed by a drunken black man is finally accepted. Edna is also coerced by the banker into housing his blind brother Will (John Malkovitch), which turns out to be a real blessing is diguise. Her black hired hand is also a Godsend. He proves to be worth his weight in gold and when the cotton harvest is in, the mortgage payment is more than met. The movie ends on a triumphant note, with blacks and whites setting next to each other in church, receiving communion. The Scripture text for the day is I Corinthians 13. I love movies with happy endings, where good triumphs over evil and where gutsy people, ones who live their faith in God, aren't afraid to stand up to opposition and work to protect their family and moral values from scoundrals.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES! IT IS OUTSTANDING!
2009-01-29 - I loved this movie! I loved the ole timey hymns that was sung in church, I remember going with my great-grandmother to church, and we sang those same hymns. This movie gives you a look at what it is like in the old days, and what hard work is. All the actors in this movie did a outstanding job! I loved the chemisty between Danny Glover, and Sally Field! Awesome!
My parents, and my grandparents, and my great-grandparents, on both sides of my family grew up on farm land, tending the land, and working in the fields! They all know how hard it was back in those days! In this movie I admire Edna and Mose's courage, no matter how hard things got for them, they never gave up, they kept on until they reached their goal, they chose to be good, and live their life the right way, and I loved the way Mose treated Edna's children, and the young blind man. I loved the way Mose, and Edna included the young blind man in their life.
I admire people who get beaten down by life, but then turn right around, and rise up to defeat the hardship, and sorrow, and win and overcome the bad times. It takes alot of strength, and courage to do that! This movie shows us how!
Movie that brought me to tears
2009-01-11 - I wish all believers would see this film and watch it in it's entirety to see the final scene. It is very powerful and reminds us of the grace we all receive even if we don't deserve it.
Excellent!
2009-01-07 - I have watched Places In the Heart a number of times, and am always moved by it. It is a wonderful example of an extended family working together to survive. A beautiful movie!
