Sweet Hearts Dance

R

Released Sep 23, 1988

1h 41m

Comedy

Drama

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44%

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9 Reviews

35%

Audience Score

1,000+ Ratings

Sandra (Susan Sarandon) and Wiley (Don Johnson) were married soon after high school, but now find themselves estranged from each other. Meanwhile, their old friend Sam (Jeff Daniels) thinks he has found true love for the first time with Adie (Elizabeth Perkins), a new schoolteacher. As the seasons change in a small Vermont town, friendships are tested as one relationship withers and another grows, and four individuals struggle to figure out what they really want.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Underrated sweet story of what happily ever after really means.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 1, 2002

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

This is a movie that has all of the right stuff in the soup, but no lightning.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

An immensely likable comedy-drama.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 5, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 26, 2005

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Rated: 1/5

Oct 31, 2003

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rated: 3/5

Aug 22, 2003

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Audience Member

Sweethearts dance with each other but also the hearts in us all Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Perkins, Susan Sarandon, and Don Johnson Director Robert Greenwald focuses on 4 people; Sandra, Wiley, Sam, and Adie Two of them used to be married but are estranged, the other two find each other and are bound to fall in love With the seasons changing in this small Vermont town friendships and relationships are tested Each of these people needs to figure out what they really want out of life and each other Time causes love to be such a mess, each member needs to work on it but also themselves, is marriage the fastest route to happiness or the most convenient? The film is more about Sarandon and Johnson’s characters attempting to save their happiness This evokes the feel of each season passing by making you experience the cold and warmth of the days There’s a good look at sexual politics too in and out of marriage couples can take away from

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/25/23

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Audience Member

Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon play long married high school sweethearts whose marriage has gotten stale and Johnson moves out. All while his best friend played by Jeff Daniels is starting to get serious with his relationship with Elizabeth Perkins. I quite liked this film. It's mostly by the numbers and wraps up a bit too perfectly, but the stellar cast had me hooked.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

This felt like a bad Big Chill.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Bland comedy-drama which misses in several key areas. It's a stretch to begin with that anyone as smart and lively as Susan Sarandon's character would put up with the selfish jackass that Don Johnson plays let along long for him to return.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

best movie ever own it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Love this movie, like the book! Cute!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Robert Greenwald

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Synopsis

Sandra (Susan Sarandon) and Wiley (Don Johnson) were married soon after high school, but now find themselves estranged from each other. Meanwhile, their old friend Sam (Jeff Daniels) thinks he has found true love for the first time with Adie (Elizabeth Perkins), a new schoolteacher. As the seasons change in a small Vermont town, friendships are tested as one relationship withers and another grows, and four individuals struggle to figure out what they really want.

Director: Robert Greenwald
Production Co: Brightstar Films, Chestnut Hill Productions, ML Delphi Premier Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 1988, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.9M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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