Sweet Hearts Dance

Sweet Hearts Dance is a 1988 American comedy drama film directed by Robert Greenwald. The screenplay by Ernest Thompson centers on two small town couples, one married for several years and the other at the beginning of their relationship.

Janet Maslin of the New York Times thought the rapport between the films four principals is so well established that its romantic quadrille about the various ups and downs of two humorously contrasting couples really does come to life. She added, Sweet Hearts Dance . . . approaches love as a series of fits and starts. It approaches narrative in much the same way, which would be more of a problem if the film were not so enjoyably loosejointed anyhow . . . It tends to drift, but it has good humor and an easygoing appeal, not to mention a thoroughly attractive cast. Roger Ebert of the Chicago SunTimes rated the film two out of four stars. He felt the screenplay seems to meander in whatever direction the filmmakers thought they could find an inspiration but added, And yet the film is not without merit. All of the performances are interesting, and although I was not surprised that three of the four leads were good, I was surprised at how effective Don Johnson was in his role. Its the best thing hes done, and shows he can do good things. He concluded, There were times when I thought Id seen this movie before maybe in The Four Seasons by Alan Alda or, for that matter, in any film by Alda. Made by sensitive, sophisticated middleage men about sensitive middleage men who are a little less sophisticated, the movie drips with nostalgia, but sometimes what everybody seems to want isnt love, but a gift certificate at L.L. Bean. The lifestyle itself threatens to upstage the drama, and as the wholesome New Englanders go about their wholesome New England pastimes, even suffering begins to look picturesque. ........

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