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Cast
- Diane KeatonLenny Magrath
- Jessica LangeMeg Magrath
- Sissy SpacekBabe Magrath
- Sam ShepardDoc Porter
- Tess HarperChick Boyle
- David CarpenterBarnette Lloyd
- Hurd HatfieldOld Granddaddy
- Beeson CarrollZackery Botrelle
- Jean WillardLucille Botrelle
- Tom MasonUncle Watson
Recommendations
- 100
Boston Globe
Director Bruce Beresford keeps stars Sissy Spacek, Jessica Lange, and Diane Keaton firmly rooted in the deep, dark black humor of Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. [01 Jul 2014, p.G15] - 90
Variety
Thoughtfully cast, superbly acted and masterfully written and directed, Crimes of the Heart is a winner. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
It exists somewhere between parody and melodrama, between the tragic and the goofy. There are moments when the movie doesn't seem to know where it's going, but for once that's a good thing because the uncertainty almost always ends with some kind of a delightful, weird surprise. - 80
Washington Post
The powerhouse performances are directed by Bruce Beresford, who maintains balance among the actresses and keeps a lovely tone and smooth pace. - 80
The New Yorker
The three actresses put so much faith in their roles that they carry the movie, triumphantly. They take the play's borderline pathos about heartbreakingly screwed-up lives--it's a mixture of looniness and lyricism--and give it real vitality. - 60
Time Out
Occasional bursts of delicious tragic humour nevertheless make this a not unlikeable 'feminist' mood piece. - 50
Washington Post
Crimes of the Heart is a well-intentioned effort, but also a deeply misguided one -- Henley's humor, while suited to the stage, disintegrates in a more literal-minded medium. - 40
The New York Times
As adapted by Miss Henley and directed by Bruce Beresford, this Crimes of the Heart has been turned into a majestic, totally humorless star turn for three individually splendid, collectively lost actresses -Diane Keaton (Lenny), Jessica Lange (Meg) and Sissy Spacek (Babe).
