A subtle, intimate portrait with a marvelous Lori Singer

Film beautifully evokes time and place, but the soap opera story is dull

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Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief (1993)

Chris Penn, Lori Singer, and Adrian Pasdar in Made in U.S.A. (1987)

Ted Danson, Christine Lahti, Mary Tyler Moore, and Sam Waterston in Just Between Friends (1986)

Drew Barrymore, Sean Young, and Jeff Fahey in Sketch Artist (1992)

Jeff Daniels, Christine Lahti, Kyndra Joy Casper, and Lantz Landry in No Place Like Home (1989)

Matthew Modine, George Dzundza, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and Michael Wright in Streamers (1983)

Lori Singer and Bruce Abbott in Summer Heat (1987)

I love you, Roxy, you're prettier than any Eva.

Anthony Edwards and Lori Singer in Summer Heat (1987)

Lori Singer

Anthony Edwards

Bruce Abbott

Michie Gleason

Louise Shivers

Roxy, a Depression-era farmer, feels alone and neglected by her husband, who works too much, and is drawn into an ill-advised affair with Jack, her day laborer.

Summer Heat

Heat? No, I&apos;d say it&apos;s lifeless.

&quot;Summer Heat&quot; is a movie is all about adultery...something that is a real turn-off for me. But it manages to also be very dull and lifeless...with some very flat performances....and very little heat. This is a bad combination, that&apos;s for sure.

The story is set back around the Depression. A husband and wife seem happy enough in this bleak place, but when a studly hired had arrives...the missus drops her knickers. Why? Well, I have absolutely no idea. The film hadn&apos;t created enough back story to say she was unhappy in the marriage and she and the hired hand had almost no interaction before all this. Plus she had a baby. As a result, it really makes no sense. Had the husband been an awful jerk, the film would have made a lot more sense.

I don&apos;t want to point out anyone in particular, but the acting was a huge problem in addition to the story. Lifeless and flat is really the best way to describe it...and in a story about lust and adultery, it&apos;s hard to image this little emotion. This also makes you wonder why the director didn&apos;t do something about this or notice it.

Overall, it&apos;s a pretty looking bad film. I didn&apos;t enjoy it and felt it was very deeply flawed and unenjoyable to watch. So why did I watch the movie in the first place? Well, I&apos;ve seen just about all of Dorothy McGuire&apos;s films and this is one I&apos;ve never seen, though her role is just that of the narrator and she isn&apos;t seen in the movie.

"Summer Heat" is a movie is all about adultery...something that is a real turn-off for me. But it manages to also be very dull and lifeless...with some very flat performances....and very little heat. This is a bad combination, that's for sure.

The story is set back around the Depression. A husband and wife seem happy enough in this bleak place, but when a studly hired had arrives...the missus drops her knickers. Why? Well, I have absolutely no idea. The film hadn't created enough back story to say she was unhappy in the marriage and she and the hired hand had almost no interaction before all this. Plus she had a baby. As a result, it really makes no sense. Had the husband been an awful jerk, the film would have made a lot more sense.

I don't want to point out anyone in particular, but the acting was a huge problem in addition to the story. Lifeless and flat is really the best way to describe it...and in a story about lust and adultery, it's hard to image this little emotion. This also makes you wonder why the director didn't do something about this or notice it.

Overall, it's a pretty looking bad film. I didn't enjoy it and felt it was very deeply flawed and unenjoyable to watch. So why did I watch the movie in the first place? Well, I've seen just about all of Dorothy McGuire's films and this is one I've never seen, though her role is just that of the narrator and she isn't seen in the movie.

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