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Square Dance: Directed by Daniel Petrie. With Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe. A 13-year-old girl changes a pleasant life in the countryside for a troubled life in the city.
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- Drama, Romance
- Daniel Petrie
- 1987-07
Square Dance. If I were to describe the plot of "Square Dance," you'd likely laugh out loud. The movie itself denies even that pleasure. This is a weary morality play that sinks under the weight of its good intentions.
Square Dance, a near unknown film (probably because it is violentless) is actually a nice feel-good movie. The best thing about this movie is the acting, Lowe especially... in a enduring performance. Noted mainly because of Ryder's first film, whom is also great (as usual).
Square Dance (television broadcast title: Home Is Where the Heart Is) is a 1987 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Daniel Petrie from a screenplay by Alan Hines, based on his novel of the same name. The film stars Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, and Rob Lowe, and was released on February 20, 1987, by Island Pictures.
Feb 20, 1987 · It’s a good, classically pure and honest piece of American film making, with two great performances. It also shows how good mainstream U.S. film artists can be when they focus clearly on their ...
Critics Reviews. View All (13) Critics Reviews. Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer Notwithstanding a knockabout performance by Jane Alexander as a Fort Worth floozy, Square Dance is...
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Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 20, 2013. TV Guide. Using the familiar positions of the square dance as its central metaphor, this coming-of-age story is sincere but unexceptional....
