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Crimes of the Heart

Meg just left one. Lenny never had one. Babe just shot one. The MaGrath sisters sure have a way with men.

1986 · 1h 45m · PG-13 Comedy, Drama
Directed by Bruce Beresford

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Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.

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Rotten

It is excruciating: a combination of Beth Henley's insistently eccentric screenplay, Bruce Beresford's frenzied direction and the sight of three singular talents on an acting roller coaster with no one riding the brakes.

Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

[It] has the dubious distinction of calling attention to just about everything the play isn't, and was never meant to be.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten

As Spacek, Lange and Keaton clamor for attention, "Crimes of the Heart" becomes less a movie than a three-ring circus, and ringmaster Beresford does little to direct your gaze.

Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
Fresh

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.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

The Oscar-winning actresses make fine confederates -- their gracious collaboration propelling this happy adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Rita Kempley, Washington Post

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