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67Had Williams chopped away more pointedly at the rambling script, he might've had something memorable.
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67In no way is this a serious movie. Still, it's hard to resist.
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63So heavy on incident, contrivance, coincidence, improbability, sudden reversals and dizzying flash-forwards (sometimes years at a time) that it seems a wonder the characters don't crash into each other in the confusion.
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63Never really feels right.
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63Everything that cynical moviegoers despise and the tender-minded adore.
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50Ultimately, it's more an emotional hodgepodge than a compassionate look at real human problems.
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50Hard-core chick shlock, weakened by odd shifts in tone and a slack pace, but elevated by a luminous performance by Natalie Portman.
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50Never earns the rollicking life affirmation it's after.
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50A top-notch cast compensates for dubious credibility.
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40Although its lushness and penchant for melodrama are the cinematic equivalent of Billy Sherrill's syrupy string arrangements for George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Charlie Rich circa 1973, the movie deftly manages to remain sweet without becoming saccharine.
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40Serves up the usual homilies, but it lacks the quirky density and cinematic snap.
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40No-Good Men, Foolish Choices and Birth on the Floor of a Wal-Mart.
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40Worthwhile performances (including cameos from Joan Cusack and Sally Field) and one-liners, but don't leave your home looking for Heart.
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38Sloshes between comedy and drama, never quite hitting stride as either.
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38The Wal-Mart of cinematic soap operas. One-stop shopping for your emotional movie needs.
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30To be fair, this could have been worse.
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30Home may be where the heart is, but I kept wishing this poor silly girl would up and move.
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30Recycled "Steel Magnolias."
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25A particularly egregious array of Kodak moments.
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25Simply put, it may be the lamest movie ever made about poor white... Southern characters.
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22A swamp of clichés, contrivances, and cheap ham-and-cheese hero sentimentality.
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20Portman and Judd aren't responsible for the mendacious and finally repulsive sentimentality of Where the Heart Is, but by the end their wholesome glow seemed contaminated by it, and that's a shame.
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20Unfortunately, the strong ensemble cast is not able to hold together this often wayward and meandering story.
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20Banal and trite where it could have been insightful and emotionally truthful, this Fox release is also notable for featuring the first disappointing performance by teen star Natalie Portman.
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20Moving in fits and starts, mawkish in its sincerity, and at times disjointed in its lumpy structure.
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10Indulges something of a number obsession, amounting not exactly to a movie but rather a tallying of atrocities.
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10In comparison to Where the Heart Is, the Wal-Mart commercials seem like cinema verite.
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10Tries to put your tear ducts in a headlock with a litany of catastrophes.
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