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Actors: Sissy Spacek, Will Peterson
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hard Promises
Joey gets a wedding invitation in the mail and he goes back home to find out his wife Chris (Sissy Spacek) is fed up with him never being home and has divorced him. She tells Joey she is getting married to Walt the next day. We follow the story as Joey tries to convince Chris not to marry Walt and still try to be a good father to his daughter Beth.
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - rekindling lost love/marriage

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - blue collar
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard curly
Body type - (man) average
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - red
Hair style - (woman) long straight
Body type - (woman) average
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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