Jessica Chastain plays Misty Jones, a former country superstar who has retreated to a pecan farm in Georgia, in "Heartland," a missing-person mystery written and directed by Shana Feste. Misty keeps her Grammy in the fridge and largely lives off what once was. When her brother Donny, played by Paul Sparks, asks for help finding his 20-something daughter Charlie, played by singer Carter Faith in her film debut, Misty reluctantly returns to Nashville to investigate.

Reviewers praise Chastain's performance as brash, beery and hard-headed, noting her hot temper, which once cost her a mainstream music career and which she has been known to vent by shooting out a neighbor's windows. The film mixes Southern noir atmosphere with the sequinned glitz of a Music City backstage melodrama, and one reviewer compares its guilty-pleasure tone to the Nashville TV series that ran for six seasons in the 2010s.S1S2

Critics diverge on the mystery itself. One review argues the thin screenplay leans heavily on Chastain to sustain a quest that only narrowly makes sense, with villains that are obvious from the start. The other finds the detective story smart and fun, with twists in unlikely places and songs that help Misty draw suspects out, including manager Roy, played by Garrett Hedlund, and Charlie's boyfriend Jace, played by Ross Lynch. Both agree the film is a Netflix release.S1S2