EPISODE
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings - Season 1
The series tells about eight different stories that illustrate a distinctive framework about family, faith, love and tolerance. It is a series of life values and tasks in that series that seem to be inspired by the Dolly Barton country music catalog. Dolly presents different music from her life that embodies reality in different forms.
19 March 1951, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
17 May 1976, New York City, New York, USA
12 June 1957, Lansing, Michigan, USA
21 January 1942, Lubbock, Texas, USA
14 September 1971, Rye, New York, USA
10 May 1970, Houston, Texas, USA
15 November 1957, Adel, Georgia, USA
7 June 1944, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
March 7, 1999 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
November 21, 2019
Compelling, dramatic tales bring iconic song lyrics to life.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 22, 2019
"Heartstrings" walks an interesting tightrope in these politically fraught times.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 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
...immaculate, polished, freshly varnished sets...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.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.