Far From Heaven is a strange, stylized movie that mixes a certain retro look with contemporary themes. Set in the '50s, the film tells the story of a perfect family leading the perfect life, Eisenhower-era style, until reality rears its ugly head.
Julianne Moore plays a middle-class housewife, and Dennis Quaid plays her husband. They have two lovely children. Dad is a successful TV sales executive. Everything is just as it should be, well -- provided you are white, straight, middle-class and capable of breathing in that repressive culture. When issues of race and sex can no longer be glossed over, things change.
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