Where the Heart Is

1990
R
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.8K

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Uma Thurman in Where the Heart Is (1990)

A wealthy businessman shows his young-adult offspring how tough life can be.

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Comedy Drama

A wealthy businessman shows his young-adult offspring how tough life can be.A wealthy businessman shows his young-adult offspring how tough life can be.A wealthy businessman shows his young-adult offspring how tough life can be.

Director
- John Boorman
Writers
- Telsche Boorman
- John Boorman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Boorman
Writers
- Telsche Boorman
- John Boorman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Crispin Glover filmed this movie at the same time Back to the Future Part II (1989) was being shot. Crispin Glover did not reach a payment agreement for BTTF2 and archived footage was used with prosthetics added to stand-ins to portray his character. Glover later sued and won.

Quotes
Stewart McBain: Harry, your loyalty was an accusation. Blame someone else.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Oscar Nomination Surprises for 1989 (1990)

Soundtracks
Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)
Written by Margo Timmins and Michael Timmins, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Performed by Cowboy Junkies

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Featured review

Finally! A comedy which is funny and well acted

One of John Boorman's finest films. Dabney Coleman rises above his paper-cutout character status of the "bad guy" to become a basic family man with real family problems and the "kids" played by Hannah, Glover and Amis are really fun characters. The plot actually has twists in it that make the whole thing fun to watch and the ending has a "rightness" to it which lets you come away from the film with a good feeling about life and people. A really good way to spend a couple of hours.