Raggedy Man

Sissy Spacek was directed by her husband Jack Fisk in 1981's Raggedy Man. Spacek plays a divorced mother of two who tries to go it alone in mid-1940s Texas. Shunned by the "respectable" townsfolk because of her marital breakup, Spacek must endure the unwanted attentions of every low-life man in the ...more

Filmed in lovely, muted colors and often in dim settings, Raggedy Man has a nostalgic, wistful visual appeal that matches the gentleness with which most of the film is directed. Touchingly lyrical and romantic for the first three-quarters of the film, it takes a sudden U-turn into horror/thriller territory in the last quarter. Although this last section is as well done as the first, it seems as if the two parts don't belong together. This discrepancy in style ultimately damages the film, but not ...more