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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By William Cohen
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Format:DVD
This is a very unusual film. It's theme is spiritual regeneration, hardly a popular topic in mainstream cinema. Robert Duvall portrays an alcoholic in the process of reform. It's a gentle film, so understated as to be banal at times. The landscape is tough, the life is hard and change comes slowly. The film is more like a play in its subtlety and lack of spectacular action. It manages to be melancholy, profound and uplifting - a really special American story.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By K. Gordon
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
A gentle quiet film, wonderfully written by Horton Foote, and featuring a magnificent performance
by Robert Duvall as an alcoholic ex-country singer star, who rediscovers himself by finding a family.
Ordinarily this kind of upbeat view could be treacly, or seem like a Hollywood simplification. But
here it's simultaneously rich and sparse, and even in a world where life is ultimately good, there are still
tragedies big and small, broken hearts and terrible losses. This is that rare `feel good' film that
earns the right.
The supporting work by Tess Harper and Betty Buckley is worth mentioning as well, as is Bruce Beresford's
understated but always effective and evocative direction.
But ultimately it's Foote's screenplay, set in a world where predictability and cliche are the usual, that
manages to pull off the almost impossible and create something unique, tender, and new.
by Robert Duvall as an alcoholic ex-country singer star, who rediscovers himself by finding a family.
Ordinarily this kind of upbeat view could be treacly, or seem like a Hollywood simplification. But
here it's simultaneously rich and sparse, and even in a world where life is ultimately good, there are still
tragedies big and small, broken hearts and terrible losses. This is that rare `feel good' film that
earns the right.
The supporting work by Tess Harper and Betty Buckley is worth mentioning as well, as is Bruce Beresford's
understated but always effective and evocative direction.
But ultimately it's Foote's screenplay, set in a world where predictability and cliche are the usual, that
manages to pull off the almost impossible and create something unique, tender, and new.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By L. Stubbs
Format:DVD
My boyfriend wanted us to watch this movie as he is a big fan of Robert Duvall. I didn't think I was going to like it but it won me over.
It is a gentle understated love story. Robert Duvall won a well deserved Acadamey Award for his performance as Mac Sledge, a self destructive alcoholic and country singer who finds a new meaning to life through the love of a good woman, Rosa Lee played with feeling by Tess Harper.
As with all good love stories there are a few complications which makes the plot more interesting.
It made me laugh and cry. Well worth the watch.
It is a gentle understated love story. Robert Duvall won a well deserved Acadamey Award for his performance as Mac Sledge, a self destructive alcoholic and country singer who finds a new meaning to life through the love of a good woman, Rosa Lee played with feeling by Tess Harper.
As with all good love stories there are a few complications which makes the plot more interesting.
It made me laugh and cry. Well worth the watch.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By pipnuts
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Mack Sledge is a former country music star, now living in a bottle, who rocks up at a Texas Motel, owned by Tess Harper. When he emerges from his cabin two days later, fresh from a drunken stupor, he realises that the friend who came with him has left him there with no money, and with a bill to pay. This is the story of how earning his keep at the Motel gives him the chance to earn some self respect, and to receive acceptance. His relationship with Harper's son, Sonny (Allan J. Hubbard) is an allegory for him being forgiven past mistakes, as it seems that he is the judge of this man's worthiness. Wonderfully evocative of an old country world. Robert Duvall is a revelation as a singer, and Betty Buckley is a vocal powerhouse as Mack's ex-wife.
Take the time to relax with this film.
Take the time to relax with this film.
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great film for a cold night and a warm loved one. I'd been looking for a copy for ages, as I've only ever seen it once on tv.
Format:DVD
As the story opens, washed-up country singer Mac (Robert Duvall) is dead drunk in a shabby Texas motel room. With no money to pay the bill, he starts working for the widow (Tess Harper) who runs the place. Once he stops drinking, he starts liking life again and becomes close to the woman and her young son. Not one to talk about himself or the past, she doesn't know that he was once a big star.
This is a wonderful, beautiful story. Duvall excels at playing honest, straightforward characters that are completely lacking in artifice and is convincing as the silent, pained has-been. His compelling performance earned Best Actor Oscar in 1984. This was Tess Harper's first movie but she acts like a pro; she effortlessly portrays the simple, hardworking woman who is grateful for the tender mercies, or blessings, in her life. The two stars make you feel like you've really been to rural Texas and gotten to know and care about the folks there. The movie is quite similar in mood to "The Last Picture Show," with characters that say what they mean and know who they are.
This is a quiet, touching, and utterly engaging movie about interesting people. Heartily recommended.
This is a wonderful, beautiful story. Duvall excels at playing honest, straightforward characters that are completely lacking in artifice and is convincing as the silent, pained has-been. His compelling performance earned Best Actor Oscar in 1984. This was Tess Harper's first movie but she acts like a pro; she effortlessly portrays the simple, hardworking woman who is grateful for the tender mercies, or blessings, in her life. The two stars make you feel like you've really been to rural Texas and gotten to know and care about the folks there. The movie is quite similar in mood to "The Last Picture Show," with characters that say what they mean and know who they are.
This is a quiet, touching, and utterly engaging movie about interesting people. Heartily recommended.
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
a okay movie. can't understand the academy award for the writer probably because i can't understand academy awards. duvall always good to watch
By Ernie
Format:DVD
An excellent low key drama which revolves around the character of Mac, a washed up county singer who wakes up in a motel room after a night of binge drinking. Unable to pay his bill he offers to work for the owner, a young widow who has a son, and after the couple begin a relationship and Mac turns his back on fame and settles into a more emotionally fulling life, it's not long before his past comes back to haunt him. The acting is top notch and the gentle story hooks you from start to end. An absolute classic.
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