{"id":2383,"date":"2007-02-27T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T22:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2021-02-01T20:12:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T03:12:28","slug":"heartaches-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"Heartaches (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m pregnant, and I have to go to the city to have an abortion. It&#8217;s not my husband&#8217;s baby, and he doesn&#8217;t know!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Poster-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Poster-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Poster-94x128.jpg 94w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Poster.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen Bonnie (Annie Potts) finds out she&#8217;s pregnant by someone other than her husband (Robert Carradine), she heads to the big city to have an abortion. Along the way, she meets an eccentric woman (Margot Kidder) named Rita, who quickly becomes a supportive friend.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Margot Kidder Films<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis disappointing Canadian &#8220;buddy flick&#8221; &#8212; starring Margot Kidder in a blonde fright wig and a ditzy young Annie Potts &#8212; starts off with an interesting premise, but quickly falls flat. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder-1024x802.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"501\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder-1024x802.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder-768x601.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder-345x270.png 345w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Potts-Kidder.png 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Potts&#8217;s character is whiny and annoying, and her dilemma &#8212; while interesting &#8212; is quickly overshadowed by a lame subplot about Rita&#8217;s crush on an Italian named Marcello (Winston Rekert). We are meant to root for these ladies, but they&#8217;re simply not sympathetic: Potts cuckolded her unsuspecting husband, and Rita is downright obnoxious in her pursuit of an unavailable man. Peary probably lists <em>Heartaches<\/em> in the back of his book because of Kidder, whose performance he nominates as one of the best of the year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em> (1991); but I don&#8217;t find it all that impressive. While Kidder has lots of energy, her character comes across as a cliche of working class eccentricity rather than someone we really care about. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2-1024x782.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Kidder2.png 1185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Carradine as Bonnie&#8217;s cuckolded husband<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine-1024x789.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine-1024x789.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine-128x99.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine-350x270.png 350w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Heartaches-Carradine.png 1185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. This disappointing Canadian indie film is only must-see viewing for fans of Margot Kidder. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0082506\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/11\/19\/movies\/margot-kidder-in-heartaches-comedy.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/71820.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pregnant, and I have to go to the city to have an abortion. It&#8217;s not my husband&#8217;s baby, and he doesn&#8217;t know!&#8221; Synopsis: When Bonnie (Annie Potts) finds out she&#8217;s pregnant by someone other than her husband (Robert Carradine), she heads to the big city to have an abortion. Along the way, she meets an eccentric woman (Margot Kidder) named Rita, who quickly becomes a supportive friend. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Friendship Margot Kidder Films Pregnancy Romantic Comedy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2383\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2383"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67900,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions\/67900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}