Heartburn
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.
Critics Sentiment
Rachel confronts Mark by shoving pie in his face
Rachel struggles adapting to Washington political society
The dramatic rise from Rachel's mundane housewife struggles to the cathartic pie-in-face confrontation
The film maintains a steady but unremarkable pace through most of its runtime, with critics finding the early romance unconvincing and the middle sections slow. The clear highlight is the climactic confrontation scene, which reviewers universally praised as earned and satisfying, elevating an otherwise middling marital drama.
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Meryl Streep
Rachel
Jack Nicholson
Mark
Jeff Daniels
Richard
Maureen Stapleton
Vera
Stockard Channing
Julie
Richard Masur
Arthur
Catherine O'Hara
Betty
Steven Hill
Rachel's Father
Miloš Forman
Dimitri
Mamie Gummer
Annie
Karen Akers
Thelma Rice
Aida Linares
Juanita
Anna Maria Horsford
Della
Ron McLarty
Detective O'Brien
Kenneth Welsh
Dr. Appel
Kevin Spacey
Subway Thief
Mercedes Ruehl
Eve
Joanna Gleason
Diana
R.S. Thomas
Dan
Jack Gilpin
Ellis
Crew
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