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- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
Summary A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.
Directed By: Jonathan Demme
Written By: Nancy Dowd, Bo Goldman, Ron Nyswaner
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
- 1984
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
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Summary A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.
Directed By: Jonathan Demme
Written By: Nancy Dowd, Bo Goldman, Ron Nyswaner
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
60
50% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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This film is more known for being the one which introduced Goldie Hawn to Kurt Russell than anything else, which is somewhat unfair as at its heart lies a sweet romance, with good performances from both the leads and an Oscar nomination for supporting actress Lahti.
Mr Demme has a special talent for locating the humor and pathos within the commonplace experiences of American life.
This is a slice-of-life movie, the kind that director Jonathan (Melvin and Howard) Demme is good at.
The film's nostalgic fixation on the ambiance of the war years seems to exclude any real interest in the lives of the women workers; this feminist fairy tale sees the characters as precursors of the women's movement of the 60s and 70s rather than as people.
Its elaborate and meticulously re-created period settings and moods prove far more interesting and diverting than the undernourished characterizations and love stories that flutter and sputter across the foregrounds. [19 Apr 1984, p.D6]
It offers a Life-magazine view of the home front, with adultery added--but the adultery is so unimpassioned that it might have come from Life, too. [30 Apr 1984, p.87]
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
