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- 1983
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1983
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
Directed By: Bruce Beresford
Written By: Horton Foote
- 1983
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1983
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Tender Mercies
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7.4
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Summary A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
Directed By: Bruce Beresford
Written By: Horton Foote
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
76
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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When interesting people have little to say, we watch the body language, listen to the notes in their voices. Rarely does a movie elaborate less and explain more than Tender Mercies.
Tender Mercies has a bleak handsomeness bordering on the arty, but it also has real delicacy and emotional power, both largely attributable to a fine performance by Robert Duvall.
Tender Mercies is an episodic gem that offers little in the way of action or melodrama but gets by on fine performances (particularly from Barkin and from Duvall, who does his own singing), atmospheric cinematography, and spare, unglamorous writing.
The film is said to be honest and about real people, and it affects some viewers very powerfully.
Beresford's nice little movie seems so afraid to make a false move that it runs the danger of not moving at all. [07 Mar 1983, p.78B]
Tender Mercies fails because of an apparent dimness of perception that frequently overcomes dramatists: they don't always know when they've got ahold of the wrong end of the story they want to tell. [29 Apr 1983, p.B1]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.4
80% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.4
80% Positive
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
