Random Hearts

Pros: Um... some things weren't absolutely terrible...
Cons: ... most of it was, unfortunately...

Random Hearts is a film I’d wanted to see for a long time, largely I suppose because I like Harrison Ford but also because it looked like an interesting premise and some strange part of me wondered if it would be anything like the old classic ...

Pros: Interesting premise.
Cons: Two blocks of wood interact.

You would think that with a cast composed of Harrison Ford (ah, what a man!), Kristin Scott Thomas (beauty and class), and with Sydney Pollack (smarts and sly wit) directing a film that's a mystery as well as a romance, it would have been packing the...

Pros: Very deep, moving film on real life issues
Cons: I did notice a few areas of the movie I felt had flaws in them

If it's got Harrison Ford in it, I'll rent it. No matter how bad, good, or indifferent, I've got to see how he handles his role in the movie. I picked up Random Hearts (which I thought would be a sappy, crying movie), and found that I was glued to the TV...

Pros: I'll let you know when I think of one
Cons: The entire movie

Some of you may have stumbled upon my review of Return to Me, a marvelous romantic comedy starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. In that review, I gave a true definition of what a “chick flick” encompassed, and explained how I just loved the...

Pros: I'll have to get back to you on that.
Cons: just about everything.

This was an entirely disappointing movie viewing experience. Harrison Ford is a police officer whose wife is killed in a plane crash with her married lover. Two dead spouses, two living. So....

So what! There is a hint of a story here, but it...

Pros: Good Actors...
Cons: Waste of Good Actors...

OK, let me make this perfectly clear at the start: I watched this movie under protest. I had no interest in seeing it, but there was nothing else on the other 3,000 satellite T.V. channels. My wife flipped this one on, and I guess I was the one who ended...

Pros: It could've been way worse, really, when you think about it...
Cons: maddening lack of direction, sloppily handled. leaves you with that not-so-fresh feeling.

In case you were thinking of making the same mistake I made and actually sitting through this movie, let me spare you some trouble:
(ok, ok, don't read this of you *actually* don't want the whole plot laid at your feet)

So Harrison Ford...

Pros: Well, ummm, Kristin Scott Thomas has beautiful eyes
Cons: The Plot!!!

Every once and a while, I actually (believe it or not) see a movie that bores me to tears; Random Hearts was one such movie. The screenplay was disjointed; the plot while plausible lacked real believability, and the dialog; my 12-year-old daughter could...

Pros: excellently acted
Cons: i probably wouldn't have seen it had it not been for the lead characters

When I saw Bowfinger, Steve Martin was going on and on about the "It" quality...all actors apparently have "It". Now being the over-analyzer that I am I thought, "Well, if all actors have "It", then doesn't...

Pros: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas
Cons: Writing, direction, cinematography, costumes, supporting cast

Alternate Title 1: Random Plot Elements.
Alternate Title 2: Even Harrison Ford can make a stinker.
Alternate Title 3: Good actors cannot save a horrible script.

Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas in the same film. What a pairing!...

Pros: Good music, some action, pleasant scenery
Cons: The Plot, The Plot, The Plot (Tattoo of Fantasy Island voice)

Every once in awhile, a guy has to watch a chick flick. Men, you know this is true. For every Arnold or Bruce picture your woman watches with you, a Meryl Streep movie can’t be far behind. I thought I might have been able to get the best of both...

Pros: Great 30 minutes.....
Cons: Horrible plot, holds no water, very redundant and ridiculous

Movie Type: Drama/Romance
Running Time: 131 minutes
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Jenkins, Charles Dutton, Bonnie Hunt
Written By: Warren Adler (novel), Darryl Ponicsan
Directed By:...

Pros: Hee hee. Parts of this are hilarious.
Cons: Virtually everything.

By Max Scheinin.

(Note: When I first wrote this review, I had just seen the film in question and was in a sort of stupor, awed by its tremendous awfulness. If I occasionally sound as if I'm a little, uh, zonked out, now you know why....

Pros: non-cliche movie
Cons: none

This movie is not only very well written but makes you stop and think about your own life...The actor's are right on and the emotion is like a roller coaster, from sympothy, anger, desire, and questionablilty.

They whole plot to the movie is...

Pros: At least it does end.
Cons: Pretty much everything in the movie is a con.

If you never see one movie in your life make sure you never see this one. We rented this movie one night mainly because it stars Harrison Ford. You can usually count on a Harrison Ford movie to be at least decent.

How wrong we were.
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