De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Release Date: January 23, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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The director, Bruce Beresford, is so eager to crowd the screen with eccentric details of behavior and setting that the verbal subtleties and rhythms get twisted out of shape. Sissy Spacek, Jessica Lange, and Diane Keaton give all-out performances that occasionally jell into true ensemble work. [12 Dec 1986, p.35]
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Crimes of the Heart feels random, vague and sluggish. The incidents don't build upon one another, but merely collapse into an undifferentiated heap. [12 Dec 1986, p.A]