Love Field (1992)
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36% of critics liked it
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49% of users liked it
(1,933 ratings)
Jonathan Kaplan directs this drama which grafts a nostalgic mood piece with a race-to-the-finish road movie. Lurene Hallett (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an insulated middle-class wife living in Texas in the early 1960s who adores the Kennedys, particularly Jackie, whom she feels is a kindred soul. When… More Jonathan Kaplan directs this drama which grafts a nostalgic mood piece with a race-to-the-finish road movie. Lurene Hallett (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an insulated middle-class wife living in Texas in the early 1960s who adores the Kennedys, particularly Jackie, whom she feels is a kindred soul. When she finds out the President and First Lady will be in Dallas on November 22, 1963, she races to the airport to greet the couple. Just missing them, she drives through the Dallas streets and notices a quiet chaos developing. When she finds out John Kennedy has been assassinated, Lureen is determined to get to Washington to be with Jackie for the funeral. When her redneck husband Ray (Brian Kerwin) refuses to give her the car, she gets on a bus, where she meets a black man named Johnson (Dennis Haysbert), with his five-year-old daughter Jonell (Stephanie McFadden). Lureen speaks continually about Kennedy and the rest of the black occupants of the bus roll their eyes. But after an accident with the bus, Lureen uncovers the fact that Mr. Johnson's real name is Cater, and he has kidnapped his daughter from an orphanage and is heading to Philadelphia. With the cops on their tail, the trio steals a car and race northward with the police in pursuit, Lureen hoping to make to Washington in time for Kennedy's funeral. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jonathan Kaplan
- Written By
- Don Roos
- Genres
- Drama, Kids & Family
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Dec 11, 1992 Wide
- Studio
- Orion Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
This is yet another melodrama haunted by the Kennedy assassination, and it's worth seeing only for Michelle Pfeiffer's performance as the obsessed Dallas housewife.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
An important film....Haysbert is amazing
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Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Performances of delicacy make this worth watching.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Touching drama about a woman whose maternal instincts find a new way to bloom.
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Cast
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Michelle Pfeiffer
as Lurene Hallett
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Dennis Haysbert
as Paul Cater
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Stephanie McFadden
as Jonell Cater
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Brian Kerwin
as Ray Hallett
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Louise Latham
as Mrs. Enright
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Peggy Rea
as Mrs. Heisenbuttal
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Beth Grant
as Hazel
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Charles K. Bortell
as Cal Enright
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Bill Boyzett
as Announcer
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Jack Canon
as Motel Manager
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Bobbi Casto
as Bus Passenger
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Robert Clotworthy
as Announcer
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Bobbi Collins
as Bus Passenger
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Burr De Benning
as Announcer
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Troy Evans
as Lieutenant Galvan
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Moses Gibson
as Driver
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Bob Gill
as John F. Kennedy
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Caroline Goodwyn
as Bus Passenger
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Rhoda Griffis
as Jacqueline Kennedy
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Dave Hager
as Station Master
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Nora Heflin
as Phone Operator
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Cooper Huckabee
as Deputy Swinson
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Ishmond Jones
as Mr. Baker
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Pearl Jones
as Mrs. Baker
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Brian Van Kay
as Friendly Man
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Skay Kuter
as Announcer
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Jon Maggard
as Redneck
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Johnny Ray McGhee
as Mechanic
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Tiffany McHoney
as Foster Home Kid
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Janell McLeod
as Station Cashier
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Michael Milgrom
as TV Director
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Mark Miller
as Trooper Exley
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Deborah Offner
as Police Dispatcher
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Alan Oppenheimer
as Announcer
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Chestley Price
as Porter
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Resa Reagan
as Bathrobed Woman
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Vickie Ross-Norris
as Vickie
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Nick Searcy
as FBI Man
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Ron Shelly
as Secret Service Agent
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Joe Unger
as Announcer
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William Shaw Urney
as Announcer
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Jonathan Wigan
as Redneck's Son
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Jesheka Winstead
as Foster Home Kid
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Alma Woodard
as Woman at Counter
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Bob Minor
as Barricade Policeman
- Sally Dennison
- Julie Selzer
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Larry Butler
as Bullhorn Officer
- Mark Jeffrey Miller
