Editing Places in the Heart (section)

===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>