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Tender Mercies
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
PG
1983
1h 32m
Drama
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Romance
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7.3
83%
81%
6.7
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Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
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Cast of Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall
Mac Sledge / Co-Producer
Tess Harper
Rosa Lee
Betty Buckley
Dixie
Wilford Brimley
Harry
Ellen Barkin
Sue Anne
Allan Hubbard
Sonny
Lenny Von Dohlen
Robert
Paul Gleason
Reporter
Michael Crabtree
Lewis Menefee
Norman Bennett
Reverend Hotchkiss
Andrew Scott Hollon
Larue
Rick Murray
Jake - Slater Mill Boys Member
Stephen Funchess
Bertie - Slater Mill Boys Member
Glen Fleming
Steve - Slater Mill Boys Member
James Aaron
Henry - Slater Mill Boys Member
Jerry Biggs
Man in Bar
Sheila Bird
Concessionaire
Robert E. Blackburn III
Boy at Dance
Eli Cummins
Doorman
Tony Frank
Man at Motel
Tender Mercies Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
I kept waiting for Tender Mercies to get started -- to get into something. I was still waiting when it was over and I was back out on the street.
Epoch Times
Ian Kane
If you're looking for an inspiring movie that has an unusual sense of authenticity, heartfelt drama, and a good splash of romance, you can do no better than "Tender Mercies."
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
An unfussy and unassuming gem.
Vogue
Molly Haskell
Tender Mercies' ultimate miracle is its faith in the audience. It assumes, perhaps unreasonably, that we are not so canned overblown effects that we cannot pick up on its quiet rhythms.
Vanity Fair
Carol Flake
He's found no miracles in the good country life, in the Bible, or even in the love of a good woman. But the astonishing purity of Duvall's performance, itself a kind of marvel, allows us to believe that Sledge has found a home.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Tender Mercies won Robert Duvall his only Academy Award in six nominations. It contains one of his most understated performances. It's mostly done with his eyes.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
An anti-Hollywood drama that glitters in its subdued form because it's a real gem.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Aussie director Beresford makes an impressive American debut with this rural Texas based saga of the recovery and redemption of an alcoholic and abusive country singer, splendidly played by Robert Duvall in an Oscar-winning performance.
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
I found myself filled with disquieting wishes for something to happen to break the silence.
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Nick Davis
Like a quiet child whose primary virtue is that he doesn't make any waves, Tender Mercies is so muted and obedient that it's hard in good conscience to praise it.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
Earthy Duvall vehicle, wonderful character study
Nitrate Online
Dan Lybarger
Duvall won an Oscar for this one, and it's still a moving and fascinating flick.
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