The Ponder Heart

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Audience Member So sad I've lost my copy of this little masterpiece of Southern Goth. Fans of Flannary O'Connor will also love Eudora Welty's most approachable work. Miss Bonnie Dee Peacock is especially quotable. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member This was great, one of my favortie Eurdora Welty stories. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member I rented this movie from the library. I'm on a Eudora Welty spree and I like Peter MacNichol ("Ally McBeal"). He was fabulous in this movie- funny and somewhat bumbling, but not in an idiotic way. JoBeth Williams was also in it, but it's still hard for me to get the "run into the light Carol Ann" image out of my head when I watch her in things. The movie was set in rural Mississippi and the Ponders are one of those great rich Southern families with a romantic last name. Daniel Ponder (MacNichol) has his family fortune settled upond him, but his big ol' Ponder Heart may lead him to squander his inheritance out of generosity out of love for his backwoods little wife. The plot was not very sophisticated, but the resolution was more complex- somewhat abrupt and out of the blue (but not awkwardly so, like in "The Forgotten" where you think you've been watching a mystery and you find out it's more like a sci-fi script that "The Twilight Zone" rejected because, ironically, it wasn't believable enough). I would not run out to my local library to pick this up, but if you have a nice rainy fall afternoon- it's a cozy movie to watch (especially if the alternative is a Lifetime movie of the week). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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