Written by James M. Tate / 4/14/2011 / No comments / country music , drama , eighties , ellen barkin , robert duvall , small town , wilford brimley
TENDER MERCIES
title: TENDER MERCIESyear: 1983
cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Ellen Barkin, Alan Hubbardrating: ****1/2
The heartfelt ballad of a once great Country singer who, at the end of his rope, finds a new life when his old one catches up: We learn more about Robert Duvall’s “Mack Sledge” from his reposeful expressions that, by the time a snoopy journalist provides exposition of his past, it doesn't matter. What’s important is his present life with a lovely, soft-spoken wife (Tess Harper) and her son. And as Mack’s ex-wife and estranged daughter turn up, the movie doesn't collapse into melodrama: remaining a firm character-study of a musician who’s found his place... but still has more to give. Duvall won a deserved Oscar; he not only transcends into the role, but plays guitar and sings with weathered passion.
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