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Tender Mercies
1983 1h 32m PG
Drama
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Romance
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Music
7.3
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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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Directed By
Bruce Beresford
Written By
Horton Foote
Studio
Antron Media Production
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Cast of Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall
Mac Sledge
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
Helena Humann
Woman in Store
Rick Murray
Jake - Slater Mill Boys Member
Stephen Funchess
Bertie - Slater Mill Boys Member
Glen Fleming
Steve - 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
Barkley H. Garrett
Man at Dixie's House
Suzanne Jacobs
Nurse
Barbara Jones
Country Woman
Jerry Jones
Country Man
Harlan Jordan
Waiter
Robert P. Kelley
Choirmaster
Ray LePere
Man in Bar / Restaurant
Pat Minter
Man at Dixie's House
Terry Schoolcraft
Ada - Dixie's Driver
Oliver Seale
Man at Dixie's House
Denise Simek
Concessionaire
Robert Stewart
Concessionaire
Susan Aston
Woman at Dance
Vicki Neff
Woman at Dance
Pamela Putnam
Woman at Dance
Jerry Abbot
Piano - Country Blues Band Member
Bobby Hibbitts
Drums - Country Blues Band Member
Buddie Hrabal
Steel Guitar - Country Blues Band Member
Jerry Matheny
Guitar - Country Blues Band Member
Wyane Milligan
Bass - Country Blues Band Member
Don "Tex" Clark
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Joe Zadwick
Front Row Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Tender Mercies Reviews
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
I found myself filled with disquieting wishes for something to happen to break the silence.
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.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
Earthy Duvall vehicle, wonderful character study
Nick's Flick Picks
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.
Nitrate Online
Dan Lybarger
Duvall won an Oscar for this one, and it's still a moving and fascinating flick.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
An unfussy and unassuming gem.
Movie Nation
Roger Moore
The best thing about this classic is you can watch it now and wonder, even all these years later, what took Hollywood so long to realize that the best among them was the one player who never called attention to himself.
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