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      Bless Their Little Hearts

      Released Dec 12, 1984 1h 20m Drama List
      100% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 67% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Unemployed, depressed and running out of options for supporting his wife and three children, Charlie Banks (Nate Hardman) is just barely eking out a living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the early 1980s. His wife, Andais (Kaycee Moore), accuses him of irresponsibility, and even of cheating on her, an allegation that isn't true until Charlie decides it may as well be. Charlie's friends try their best to help him get by, but their well-intentioned plans don't always pan out. Read More Read Less

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      Robert Daniels 812filmreviews An unforgettable movie that’s a snapshot of how adverse economic pressures can weigh heavily on Black families. Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Jay Carr Boston Globe It's structurally rudimentary, yet the purity of its feelings emerges forcefully. It was a gamble to make a film about desperation in such understated, laconic terms, but Woodberry brings it off. Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Linda Gross Los Angeles Times The acting is outstanding. The film is so claustrophobic and intense that a viewer feels locked inside the apartment along with the family. Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Written by Charles Burnett, it’s a low-key-yet-potent look at the soul-grinding effects of long-term poverty and hopelessness on a Watts family that is slowly but surely falling apart. Mar 24, 2023 Full Review F.X. Feeney L.A. Weekly This is an L.A. that no film or television show pays attention to, the L.A. of the people who ride the buses, the L.A. of the people who will never live on the hill and who couldn't care less about the Hollywood sign. Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Ying Ying Wu San Francisco Examiner This low-budget ($25,000) film's quiet drama takes advantage of its realistic settings and non-actors in a way that recalls not only the tradition of Italian neo-realism but also Robert Young and Michael Roomer's moving 1964 film... Nothing But a Man. Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Unemployed, depressed and running out of options for supporting his wife and three children, Charlie Banks (Nate Hardman) is just barely eking out a living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the early 1980s. His wife, Andais (Kaycee Moore), accuses him of irresponsibility, and even of cheating on her, an allegation that isn't true until Charlie decides it may as well be. Charlie's friends try their best to help him get by, but their well-intentioned plans don't always pan out.
      Director
      Billy Woodberry
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 12, 1984, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 7, 2021
      Runtime
      1h 20m