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FAR FROM HEAVEN

Director:

  Todd Haynes
  

Year Released:

  2002

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Patricia Clarkson
  Dennis Haysbert
  Julianne Moore
  Dennis Quaid
  Celia Weston
Movie Haiku:In a good Hitchcock homage, you’ll get the chills. Similarly, in a good Sirk homage, you should cry. Why didn’t we? Maybe because this story of forbidden love in 1950s suburbia was just a bit too “done” -- every object just so, every hair in place. More mind than heart?

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2002
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