Violets Are Blue

Violets Are Blue is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Jack Fisk and starring Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot After fifteen years of traveling around the world, a famous photographer named Gussie (Spacek) returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up for a two-week break. She meets her high school sweetheart Henry (Kline), now married to a woman he met when he was away at college and running the local newspaper he has inherited from his father. Soon after, an awkward and tension-filled romance ensues. Cast Sissy Spacek as Gussie Sawyer Kevin Kline as Henry Squires Bonnie Bedelia as Ruth Squires John Kellogg as Ralph Sawyer Jim Standiford as Addy Squires Augusta Dabney as Ethel Sawyer Kate McGregor-Stewart as Sara Mae Annalee Jefferies as Sally Mike Starr as Tony Adrian Sparks as George Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregate score of 63% based on 5 positive and 3 negative critic reviews.