Crimes Of The Heart (1986)

Set in Mississippi, three sisters reunite during a family crisis. There's the spinster Lenny (Diane Keaton), Meg (Jessica Lange) recovering from a nervous breakdown and Babe (Sissy Spacek in an Oscar nominated performance) who has shot her husband (Beeson Carroll) in the stomach. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Beth Henley (who adapted her play for the screen) and directed by Bruce Beresford (DRIVING MISS DAISY). Despite the Pulitzer win, I don't think Henley's play is a particularly notable play. But the dialogue is often sharp and overall, I found it a grand entertainment which provides three marvelous roles for its lead actresses and it balances the pathos with a quirky dark humor and that's enough to carry it through. The lovely underscore is by Georges Delerue. With Sam Shepard, Tess Harper (also Oscar nominated) whose character is too broadly written, Hurd Hatfield and David Carpenter.