Crimes of the Heart

1986
15
1h 45m

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6.3/10

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Diane Keaton, Sissy Spacek, and Jessica Lange in Crimes of the Heart (1986)

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Dark Comedy Comedy Drama

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

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

4.6K

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Jessica Lange was pregnant during principal photography. Lange gave birth to her second child at age 36, a daughter Hannah Jane Shepard on 13th January 1986. The child's father is her then partner and co-star in this film, Sam Shepard.

Quotes
Meg Magrath: Why'd you do it, Babe ? Why'd you put your head in the oven?
Babe Magrath: I don't know... I'm having a bad day.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Golden Child/Crimes of the Heart/¡Three Amigos!/Modern Girls (1986)

Soundtracks
Happy Birthday to You
Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill
Publisher Summy-Birchard Music Division of Birch Tree Group Ltd.

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Featured review

9/10

Delightful

Usually when I sense that the actors had a great time making a movie, the result isn't particularly noteworthy. ("Cannonball Run" comes to mind.) But "Crimes of the Heart" is an exception. If Jessica Lange, Diane Keaton and Sissy Spacek weren't absolutely delighted to tackle the lead roles in this film, they are much better actors than I thought.

The material is reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor, who wrote some of the most humorous, offbeat Southern fiction extant.

The three sisters are so controlled by their visceral reactions that one wonders if any of them have ever had an intellectual moment. Although it would be maddening to have such people for friends, they're great instruments for movie comedy.

One final note: If anyone thinks Sissy Spacek is goofy-looking (as I used to), they will change their mind when they see her in this. She is absolutely gorgeous here.