Love Field (1992)
Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours after she sees him arrive in Dallas. Despite her husband Ray's prohibition, she decides to attend the funeral in Washington, D.C. Forced to travel by bus, she befriends Jonell, the young black daughter of Paul Couter. Sensing something wrong, her good intentioned interference leads the mixed race threesome on an increasingly difficult journey to Washington with both the police and Ray looking for them.
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It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
The sound track behind this film would make a good atmospheric Cd. There are fine performances by the principles. The film has many good moments and several dark ones that include such racist behaviour by southern police officers, that if that is reflective of how they are,one would not want to go to the southern states of America ever. The film is crosscut with the assassination of J F K Kennedy moving from Dallas to Washington, the funeral of the President then the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald. Remembering the paranoia in America at the time about conspiracy, Red plots, Castro involvement or Mafia killing and the condemnation of the Dallas police force that followed because they seemed to prefer Kennedy dead and wanted only to put it to bed as quickly as possible. The police would have been very twitchy, but that wouldn't excuse the kind of pure nastiness portrayed here.
Michelle Pfeiffer plays a middle-class 60s housewife who idolizes Jackie O. When JFK is assassinated, she leaves her husband and road trips to his funeral to show solidarity with her icon. Along the way she meets a black man (Dennis Haysbert) and his young daughter. She immediately befriends them but realizes they are hiding a secret. Soon she is swept up in their lives and finds herself on the run from the FBI.This is the best performance I've ever seen by Pfeiffer. She is practically unrecognizable--her southern accent is perfect and her Jackie O-inspired look is classic. She adds a welcome dose of humor to a film that is often emotionally overwhelming. The movie alternates between adorable and disturbing, but never gets too extreme either way. The plot gets a bit contrived at times, but the movie serves to question the comfort of routine middle-class existence, so it works. I am surprised this is not a well-known film. It is one of the best ones I've seen from the early 90s.My Rating: 8/10.
This movie is not only tells the story of the accidental connection of two people, one black and one white, who would probably have never met in their normal lives, it also presents a vivid portrait of the time in which they lived. Set against the background of the JFK assassination and the aftermath, the protagonists meet and help each other through turning points in their lives. At first wary of each other, they come to understand the forces which have shaped each other's personalities and then come to appreciate the humanity and longing they have in common. Segregation and prejudice on both sides are explored without preaching. Finally it ends if not happily at least on a note of hope.
I love the relationship between the three characters. A very well directed movie.