Falling From Grace

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Falling From Grace

PG-13

Released Feb 21, 1992

1h 40m

Drama

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A country star (John Mellencamp) faces his wild ex-girlfriend (Kay Lenz) and a family-farm crisis when he returns to Indiana with his wife (Mariel Hemingway).

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B

Sep 7, 2011

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2/5

Nov 6, 2003

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Rated: 4/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Falling From Grace is not a perfect film, but it's an enjoyable film.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 7, 2020

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

As a director, Mellencamp produces some of the local color of his hometown, but never really establishes a thoroughgoing sense of place...as an actor, he's unmannered, even true, but a little dull.

Apr 25, 2018

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: C+

Jun 18, 2005

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Steve D

The actors all do solid jobs including its singing star.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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jon c

John Mellencamp stars and directs himself next to Mariel Hemingway Burned-out country singer Bud Parks returns to his home town in Indiana after a long stretch on the road Bud and his wife Alice realize that the Parks family is having problems and soon find themselves tangled up in a web of lies and deceit threatening their own marriage His father never believed in his music career nor did he care about his feelings Bud has to come to terms with his own past catching up, the secrets of his heart and the truth changes everyone forever The movie is kinda uneventful It's a shame too Hemingway disappears after the 2nd half Mellencamp has no urgency with his narrative and just lingers a lot

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Cautionary tale for the alter ego of Mr Mellencamp; generally good performances for a fairly standard predictable movie

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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This movie completely lagged on. We didn't care for the direction or the quality of sound, which seem to increase in volume in places so much that it was jarring. The movie has dark undertones and is not a romance movie, though the medium from which we reviewed it categorized it as that. All in all, what a complete waste of an afternoon. We love John Mellencamp, don't get us wrong, but this movie was long & tedious. We would have had a much more enjoyable time viewing concert footage. Sorry John, we didn't care for this one at all but we still love your music!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Surprisingly good movie. One of the few rock stars to get it right.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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(*** 1/2): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Interesting, well-acted, and well-directed.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Synopsis

A country star (John Mellencamp) faces his wild ex-girlfriend (Kay Lenz) and a family-farm crisis when he returns to Indiana with his wife (Mariel Hemingway).

Director: John Mellencamp
Screenwriter: Larry McMurtry
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Little B
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 1992, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $99.8K
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround

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