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Audience Member What good is a home without the people? Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard play a couple, Jewell and Gil in love living in the countryside in Iowa They have their dream home and dream life of a farm with their kids But things start changing immensely making things treacherous They face their land being destroyed by a tornado then the Farmers Home Administration starts calling in loans for other farmers Many of them can't afford to pay what's owed Gil is at a crossroads with Jewell finding a way to save their way of life This truly reflects how hard the farm life is, so much so it even garnered the attention of Ronald Reagan and his agri programs Lange even had to show up in court before a congressional panel about living on farms You can definitely sense the bureaucracy of profit over people You feel the frustration of this family facing a terrible ordeal It’s a low budget story that doesn’t skimp on the economics Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Derek C I remember watching this with my mother back in the 80s! It was a beautiful movie then and it still is today! I wish it was streaming! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/28/24 Full Review Jerod S Lange and Shepard are about to lose their farm in the 80s because FHA loans crushing small farmers. It's a family values film that has you rooting for the small folks, even though they don't always handle stress well. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review steve d The melodrama is so thick I thought someone was going to end up on the railroad tracks. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie will make you cry. It will also give you a sense of true family and neighbors coming together for each other. It's based on a time in the 1980's when farmers were getting their land foreclosed on and it ended up with the country coming together to help with things like the Farm-Aid concert put together by Willie Nelson. Wonderful movie! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A hard hitting emotional drama about a Farming Family in Iowa going through some tough financial times. Filled with natural landscapes & performances this film travels slow but it's emotional & the characters are all interesting to watch. It's amazing how horrible & unreasonable the banks where to the inland US Farmers & this film doesn't hold much back. Jessica Lange was nominated for Best Actress in a Lead Role and I can see why she gave a bravura performance as the Farmer Mum holding everyone together. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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