Rent Tender Mercies (1983)
3.7 of 5 from 79 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
- Robert Duvall gives yet another Academy Award winning performance as Mac Sledge, a self-destructive alcoholic and country singer who finds redemption in a deserted motel in Texas. Mac discovers a new meaning to life through his burgeoning relationship with motel owner, Rosa Lee (Tess Harper), and her son Sonny (Allan Hubbard); which he is forced to question when his ex-wife, Dixie (Betty Buckley) and daughter, Sue Anne (Ellen Barkin), come to town.
- Actors:
- Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard, Lenny von Dohlen, Paul Gleason, Michael Crabtree, Norman Bennett, Andrew Scott Hollon, Rick Murray, Stephen Funchess, Glen Fleming, James Aaron, Jerry Biggs, Sheila Bird, Robert E. Blackburn III, Eli Cummins, Tony Frank
- Directors:
- Bruce Beresford
- Writers:
- Horton Foote
- Others:
- Horton Foote, Bobby Hart, Austin Roberts
- Studio:
- Cinema Club
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (1) of Tender Mercies
Gentle, tender and moving. - Tender Mercies review by CP Customer
An excellent low key drama which revolves around the character of Mac, a washed up county singer who wakes up in a motel room after a night of binge drinking. Unable to pay his bill he offers to work for the owner, a young widow who has a son, and after the couple begin a relationship and Mac turns his back on fame and settles into a more emotionally fulling life, it's not long before his past comes back to haunt him. The acting is top notch and the gentle story hooks you from start to end. An absolute classic.
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