EPISODE
It is a series of realistic family challenges and different paths to love and life. The series features eight stories celebrating family, faith, love and tolerance come to life. Through this series, there will be a collection of ideas inspired by the Dolly Barton Country Music Catalog which embodies the real life through music.
8 December 1992, Middlebury, Connecticut, USA
19 March 1951, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
22 May 1978, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2 July 1969, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1963, Australia
19 July 1988, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
January 10, 1981 in Willoughby, Ohio, USA
November 22, 2019
"Heartstrings" walks an interesting tightrope in these politically fraught times.
November 22, 2019
...immaculate, polished, freshly varnished sets...
November 20, 2019
Heartstrings is a great conceit tangled up in a cheap execution. By stretching Parton's songs beyond their breaking point, and stuffing the minutes with tangential fluff, the producers end up softening the impact of her heartbreaking stories.
November 25, 2019
Heartstrings is an acquired taste, it's true. But [Dolly] Parton herself is a universally adored figure that you wish were available to call you sugar and sing you a lullaby as you softly cry yourself to sleep for the 280th time this year.
November 22, 2019
The most objectionable thing about Dolly Parton's Heartstrings is its length. There is no good reason why even an excellent show adapted from three-minute-long country songs would need to have 80-minute long episodes.
November 21, 2019
Compelling, dramatic tales bring iconic song lyrics to life.
November 23, 2019
What the scripts lack, the actors try to make up for with wry looks, lip-biting and - if trying to be sexy - constant gentle undulation. But everything is terrible, and not even bad enough to be good.
November 22, 2019
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings won't be the most revolutionary drama anthology you've seen, but it's well-acted and a fine series to warm your heart on a cold winter day.
