Product Details

• Actors: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg, Jim Standiford
• Directors: Jack Fisk
• Writers: Naomi Foner
• Producers: Marykay Powell, Roger M. Rothstein
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home E
• VHS Release Date: November 26, 1986
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302800862
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,824 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Most Memorable Videos of our Time, July 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Violets Are Blue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Do you remember what it felt like to fall in love for the first time? Do you remember the pain when it ended, and years later seeing that person once again and the memories that came flowing back like water through a brook? You now have a good life filled with excitment and travel but you try to recapture that love. He has a wife - a family, but he,too, tries to recapture the past. The story, and particularly the ending, will touch your heart in a way you never thought possible. The theme song at the end of the video will also stay with you for years to come, so make sure the video plays until the very, very end.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you've ever wondered "What if?", it will break your heart, July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Violets Are Blue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a true romance. If you've ever wondered "what if??" this is it. It will break your heart when the high school sweethearts reunite and are torn apart again by obligation and circumstance. This is a first rate tear jerker. You are catapulted back in time to that ill fated romance we've all had. The tingle in the pit of your stomach when you see him again for the first time, wondering "How much have I changed and will he still love me?" The burst of energy when you finally give in and kiss again....it's all there. The chemistry is great between the lead characters, it was well acted and worth watching again and again.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LIFE HAPPENS..., June 28, 2010

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This review is from: Violets Are Blue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie depicts a couple who once were lovers but were separated by fate or destiny, when their careers took them on different journeys.

Now Gussie Sawyer (Sissy Spacek) has returned home to Ocean City, Maryland, and runs into her old love, Henry Squires (Kevin Kline). The chemistry is still there and for awhile, they take a forbidden path toward reconnecting. She even joins him at a family dinner and meets his wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and son.

Gussie is a photographer and Henry is a journalist. They collaborate on a big story about the environment and rile up some of the townsfolk. When the story is done, they are offered an assignment together, and they almost take it; in fact, they are all set to go, but fate steps in again.

I watched this a few times when it first came out and loved it. I'll watch anything with these actors, but I especially enjoyed the blissful atmosphere of the sea, the rides at the Playland, the beautiful houses on the sea. I was swept up in the romance, too, so I can understand how the characters would be as well. But what they learned, of course, was that you can't really go back, once you've taken another pathway.

Great viewing!