Sweet Dreams

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Sweet Dreams

PG-13,

1985,

1h 55m,

Biography

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90%

21 Reviews

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5,000+ Ratings

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21 Reviews

81%

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5,000+ Ratings

Aspiring country singer Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange) is resigned to both her thankless gigs and her unhappy marriage, until she meets the charismatic Charlie Dick (Ed Harris). Eventually leaving her husband to marry Charlie, Patsy temporarily shelves her performing career to be a mother. Later she returns to singing and finds success under manager Randy Hughes (David Clennon). Patsy hits a remarkable stride with a string of hit singles, and has become a full-fledged star when tragedy strikes.

Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Sep 13, 2023

Lange has real authority here, and the performance holds you emotionally. This is one of the few times I’ve seen people cry at a movie that wasn't sentimental -- it’s an honest tearjerker. People can cry without feeling they’ve been had.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Dec 12, 2018

But the resulting film is scattershot, always skirting the surface, never digging deep enough, runnning through events as if it was a TV movie racing ahead to the next commercial break.

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

Jan 4, 2018

"Sweet Dreams" doesn't draw you in the way, say, "Coal Miner's Daughter" (the story of Loretta Lynn) did, but it does entertain.

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TV Guide

Jan 3, 2012

3/4

Director Karel Reisz and screenwriter Robert Getchell create a tightly woven drama with two strong main characters and a number of fine supporting roles, and the love story at the film's center is convincing.

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Hermione S

Sep 21, 2018

You would think with Lange and Harris starring in this film that the acting would be pretty top notch, but it's actually what silly and garish. It's not all their fault, the writing and directing is all over the place and the story wanders around and leads to no where besides what has been widely known about Patsy Cline. I wanted to like the movie, but it was just flat out boring.

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Theodore L

May 4, 2017

Despite factual errors or discrepancies and the portrayal of Patsy's character as an occasional victim of domestic abuse (which is also historically mostly incorrect), it's still a pretty good film. Ed and Jessica had that chemistry.

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Leia R

Mar 31, 2017

Lange is exceptionally brilliant as Patsy!

Theodore L

Jan 31, 2017

Sweet Dreams sits squarely on Jessica Lange's shoulders - and she responds with a mesmerizing turn as legendary country singer Patsy Cline.

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Karel Reisz

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Patsy Cline

Ed Harris

Charlie Dick

Ann Wedgeworth

Hilda Hensley

David Clennon

Randy Hughes

James Staley

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Synopsis

Aspiring country singer Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange) is resigned to both her thankless gigs and her unhappy marriage, until she meets the charismatic Charlie Dick (Ed Harris). Eventually leaving her husband to marry Charlie, Patsy temporarily shelves her performing career to be a mother. Later she returns to singing and finds success under manager Randy Hughes (David Clennon). Patsy hits a remarkable stride with a string of hit singles, and has become a full-fledged star when tragedy strikes.

Director: Karel Reisz
Producer: Bernard Schwartz
Screenwriter: Robert Getchell
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Production Co: Home Box Office (HBO)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 2, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.0M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround

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