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Heart of Dixie

Play trailer Poster for Heart of Dixie PG Released Aug 25, 1989 1h 35m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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As the civil rights movement gains momentum throughout the South, Alabama sorority sister Maggie DeLoach (Ally Sheedy) is popular, attractive and engaged to Boots Claibourne (Don Michael Paul), whose father owns one of the area's largest plantations. But Maggie feels there's more to life than marrying a rich husband -- a fact her best friend, Delia (Virginia Madsen), doesn't grasp. When Maggie meets charming, socially concerned photographer Hoyt Cunningham (Treat Williams), everything changes.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 1, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D It's heart is in the right place but the script isn't good enough. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/06/23 Full Review camille l Heart of Dixie est ce genre de film un peu ennuyeux ou tout est si impersonnel qu'on ne peut rellement exprimer un avis construit dessus. Realise par le discret Martin Davidson, cette histoire de trois jeunes femmes dans l'Alabama des annees 50 pendant les dernieres annees de la Segregation est un bon divertissement qui s'oublie moins d'un quart d'heure apres la fin du film. Toujours est-il qu'Ally Sheedy, Phoebe Cates et Treat Williams livrent de belles interpretations et qu'il est toujours sympathique de voir Peter Berg et Kurtwood Smith dans des petits roles. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Even CPR can't save this overly earnest, cliched story of civil rights era South. Do Not Resuscitate! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member A somewhat touching movie with a little bit of heart. I give this movie credit for trying to make a statement on racial justice but it seems to fall just a bit short. The best word to describe what I felt was hopeful but disconnected. This movie never really fully achieved what it hoped to I would say. Not a bad way to pass time though Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Not the best movie I've seen, but it was ok. I spent most of the time looking at the locations. The greater chunk of the movie was shot in Oxford, MS and The University of Mississippi campus. Being an Oxford resident, it was fun knowing the locations. As far as the movie goes, I think it was well told in the spirit of 80s movies. The acting was fair, but the accents were awful. It wasn't an unbearable movie to see, but it could have used a little more character development and closure at the end. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member I caught this on cable after seeing the '80s cast of greatness. I think I may have actually read the book too, although all this author's books are the same, just in different settings, so it's hard to say. Entertaining, if nothing else. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis As the civil rights movement gains momentum throughout the South, Alabama sorority sister Maggie DeLoach (Ally Sheedy) is popular, attractive and engaged to Boots Claibourne (Don Michael Paul), whose father owns one of the area's largest plantations. But Maggie feels there's more to life than marrying a rich husband -- a fact her best friend, Delia (Virginia Madsen), doesn't grasp. When Maggie meets charming, socially concerned photographer Hoyt Cunningham (Treat Williams), everything changes.
Director
Martin Davidson
Producer
Paul Kurta, Steve Tisch
Screenwriter
Tom McCown
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 25, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$691.7K
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Surround
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