Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart (1986)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 53% of users liked it
    (2,572 ratings)

Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Beth Henley (who also penned the screenplay), Crimes of the Heart stars three high-powered actresses as three high-strung sisters. Lenny (Diane Keaton), Meg (Jessica Lange) and Babe (Sissy Spacek) gather at Lenny's deep-South home for her birthday.… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Bruce Beresford
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 12, 1986 Wide
On DVD
Feb 3, 2004
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Using eccentric personalities situated in seemingly ordinary locales, Beresford's comedy is still too theatrical to qualify as cinema, but it's well acted by Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, and particularly Sissy Spacek, as three Chekhovian sisters.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    superbly well acted

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Crimes of the Heart is a bittersweet comedy that is funny, inventive and affecting.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Better than you might think with a real feel for the south.

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    Great work by all in a deliciously twisted comedy

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  • jay n


    quirky in both a good and bad way

  • ashley h


    I was really expecting alot more from this because I love the 3 stars,but it just wasn't quire there. There are some very funny parts and I enjoyed their interaction,but there needed to be more story.

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