Editing Places in the Heart (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Places in the Heart'' grossed $274,279 in its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=placesintheheart.htm|title=Places in the Heart|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|location=United States |access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> The film grossed $34.9 million in the US.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=placesintheheart.htm |title=Places in the Heart|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|location=United States |access-date=February 1, 2021 }}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[Review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a score of 89% based on reviews from 38 critics and a rating average of 8.00/10. The consensus is: "''Places in the Heart'' is a quiet character piece with grand ambitions that it more than fulfills, thanks to absorbing work from writer-director Robert Benton and a tremendous cast."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/places_in_the_heart/ |title=Places in the Heart |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |location=United States |access-date=September 11, 2021 }}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gives the film a score of 70% based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Places in the Heart |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/places-in-the-heart |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2021-09-11 }}</ref>

[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote in his review: "[[Robert Benton]] has made one of the best films in years about growing up American." Canby called it "moving and often funny" and "a tonic, a revivifying experience right down to the final images", comparing it to Luis Buñuel's ''[[Tristana (film)|Tristana]]''".<ref name="Canby">{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/21/movies/places-in-the-heart-benton-s-waxahachie-in-the-depression.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002112434/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=980CE0D8173BF932A1575AC0A962948260 |url-status=live |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |title=FILM: 'PLACES IN THE HEART,' BENTON'S WAXAHACHIE IN THE DEPRESSION |first=Vincent |last=Canby |author-link=Vincent Canby |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 21, 1984 |access-date=February 1, 2017 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three of four stars, writing that Benton's "memories provide the material for a wonderful movie, and he has made it, but unfortunately he hasn't stopped at that. He has gone on to include too much. He tells a central story of great power, and then keeps leaving it to catch us up with minor characters we never care about."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/places-in-the-heart-1984 |title=Places in the Heart |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |work=[[RogerEbert.com]] |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |location=[[Chicago]] |date=January 1, 1984 |access-date=February 1, 2021 }}</ref>

===Accolades===
In 1985, when [[Sally Field]] accepted her second [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] (the first was for ''[[Norma Rae]]''), she uttered the memorable (and much-mocked) line "I can't deny the fact that you like me—''right now, you'' like me!" It is commonly misquoted as "You like me—you ''really'' like me!"{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''Places in the Heart'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[57th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Arlene Donovan]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985 |title=The 57th Academy Awards (1985) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=October 13, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228050833/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/57th-winners.html |archive-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Robert Benton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Sally Field]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[John Malkovich]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Lindsay Crouse]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Robert Benton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Ann Roth]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[35th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Bear]]
| rowspan="3"| Robert Benton
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1985/01_jahresblatt_1985/01_Jahresblatt_1985.html |title=35th Berlin International Film Festival |access-date=January 8, 2011 |publisher=[[Berlin International Film Festival]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101228182902/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1985/01_jahresblatt_1985/01_Jahresblatt_1985.html |archive-date=December 28, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver Bear for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
|-
| OCIC Award – Competition
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1984|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| John Malkovich{{efn|name=Also|Also for ''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]''.}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1980s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1980s |date=27 July 2018 |publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[37th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Robert Benton
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1984.aspx?value=1984 |title=The 37th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[42nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/places-in-the-heart/ |title=Places in the Heart |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Sally Field
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Robert Benton
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Awards]]
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects]]
| Richard P. Cirincione and Maurice Schell
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]''.}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actor
| John Malkovich
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1980-89/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1980-89 |publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[1984 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| John Malkovich{{efn|name=Also}}
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HfFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sYIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6872,4472853 |title=Mozart film biography wins over tough critics |via=Google News Archive |access-date=December 28, 2017| work=Mohave Daily Miner |date=December 18, 1984}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1984|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1984/ |title=1984 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| John Malkovich
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| John Malkovich{{efn|name=Also}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/03/movies/stranger-than-paradise-wins-award.html |title='Stranger Than Paradise' wins award |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 3, 2018 |date=January 3, 1985}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1984 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| John Malkovich
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z31iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nncNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1195,3008667 |title='Passage' Wins Two Big Awards |via=Google News Archive |access-date=December 28, 2017 |work=Observer-Reporter |date=December 20, 1984}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Robert Benton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]]
| [[Néstor Almendros]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1984 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]]
| [[Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award|People's Choice Award]]
| rowspan="2"| Robert Benton
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tiff.net/juried-awards |title=Juried Awards – People's Choice Awards |publisher=[[Toronto International Film Festival]] |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[37th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
| Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
| [[Gennie James]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms6.htm |title=6th Youth in Film Awards |publisher=[[Young Artist Award]]s |access-date=March 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506135203/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms6.htm |archive-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref>
|}

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2006: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]] – #95<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|url= https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-cheers/ |work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|location=United States|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref>