Bette Henritze,
Celia Weston,
Dennis Haysbert,
Dennis Quaid,
James Rebhorn
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In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003
Stats: 955 reviews
Far From Heaven is a beautiful and fascinating story of Julian Morre as a 50s 'perfect world' suburban housewife watching her marriage fall apart and falling in love with her gardener. This film captures the mood and style of the 50's era, conservative, charming, niaive and deepl...( read more)
"What imprisons desires of the heart?"
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.REVIEW
Filmmaker Todd Haynes' valentine to 195...( read more)
Moore did a wonderful job playing a 1950s housewife. I loved the friendship between her character and her gardener, even though it was short-lived.
The beginning of this movie was rather boring. I felt I was watching a 'Leave It to Beaver' episode. I do give kudos for the realistic 1950's decor.
Julianne Moore's character was too prim and proper to be interesting.
The movie got a little more interesting mid-way. It wa...( read more)
It was about this point in time where all the Julianne Moore movies started to look similar.
Far from Heaven is a classic of its kind. Juilanne Moore and Dennis Quaid give brillant performances i feel!! This movie covers a lot of issues,racial disharmony and discovering ones sexuality,and the bigoted attitude of the races of the land.
I enjoyed this from start to end
(2003 Director: Todd Haynes) Director Todd Haynes handles a delicate subject that never used to appear on screen: homosexuality or bisexuality. Very successful top appliance salesman Dennis Quaid leads a double life. Successful businessman and family man stars to rock the boa...( read more)
An angry and sharp picture with a sense of emotion that is lacking in most films today.
hhm,to be fair,this is a well crafted motion picture.the acting are great,the looks are wonderful,and so and so..but,here comes my subjectivity comes into play.,i didn't connect with the film,no matter how heartbreaking it is.,its just a so so,and i'm not sure i have an intention...( read more)
Wow! What to say about this film? It was very unique, and beautifully awesome. The imagery throughout the movie is stunning! The acting, lighting, music and just everything about this movie works. It is a pleasure to view, and the story! Oh the story...it's so full of honest stru...( read more)
If it's ultimately a failure -- and I think it is -- it's still worth seeing, because it's the most ambitious and magnificent failure in recent memory. full review
Because the film deliberately lacks irony, it has a genuine dramatic impact; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we've somehow never seen before. full review
It's so intimate, accessible, and passionate that it makes every other current movie seem anemic. It makes even Sirk seem anemic. full review
Moore, who has a particular genius for communicating compassionate, if not fully conscious characters, makes the pathos believable. full review
It rediscovers the aching, desiring humanity in a genre -- and a period -- too often subjected to easy parody or ironic appropriation. In a word, it's divine. full review
Haynes makes you drunk on movies again, on raw emotion delivered without the cushion of irony. full review
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