MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

SnoopyStyle Emma Moriarty (Sally Field) is a divorced 33-year-old, mother to Jake (Corey Haim). She moves to the small town of Eunice, Arizona to fix up a run down horse ranch and train horses. She befriends the local druggist Murphy Jones (James Garner). Her ex-husband Bobby Jack Moriarty (Brian Kerwin) shows up and she lets him stay. He promises to be better but he continues to be a thieving cheat. The two men starts competing for Emma.This is better than most May to December romantic movies. Garner is utterly charming. The beauty is their hesitation. The characters know their age difference and keep pushing away the romance. Sally Field is just as charming. Her horse riding is probably the most impressive thing in the movie. Garner and Field make an adorable couple despite their age difference.

pc95 "Murphy's Romance" starring Sally Fields and James Garner is an unremarkable mid-80s drama. Seeing it at the library, I honestly could not recall hearing of it around its release time, but caught it recently, and wasn't hugely disappointed or enamored either. Of it's strengths, Garner turns in an excellent sagely and patient performance, while Fields comes off as neurotic. Along for the ride is the late Corey Haim, popular in the 80s, has a smaller role though quite a bit of screen-time. Directed by Martin Ritt, the movie is watchable in the sense of an OK TV drama. Scenes with Garner and Fields are touching, but there's too much of an age gap to detect any actual chemistry. 5/10 - basic melodrama.

evanston_dad A low-key romantic comedy that pairs Sally Field with James Garner, and proves that the two actors have a great deal of chemistry together.Sally Field is a newly-divorced mom setting up house with her son. Garner is a good 'ol boy who takes a hankering to her and promises to be a positive male influence. The doofus stud of an ex-husband makes a nuisance of himself. Guess who Field winds up with? The film rides along harmlessly enough on the personalities of its two leads.Won Oscar nominations for Garner and its cinematography.Grade: B+

cosmo-30 This could have been a timeless love story, but the Hollywood management had to assert their liberal policy toward nuclear energy, abortion, and the "ERA". The film is peppered with the agenda. It could have been a love story that transcends time and but not era. So, it is rumored that there is a possible remake. Will it be done right this time? Or will it only continue to echo the Holloywood agenda for the 2000's? Too bad, but the Holloywod agenda of the 80's replays as old hack. Anyone with an LA address will soon regret not building those nuclear power facilities in the 80s when the opportunity struck. The era of cheap energy is gone.