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Random Hearts
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Columbia
Pictures
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Nothing really bad, but it's not a movie that
will keep their attention.
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| Date Movie: |
Not if either of you are married and stepping
out.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Yes. One scene but no blatant nudity.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
A fist fight and drive-by but that's all.
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| Action: |
See "Violence."
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| Laughs: |
Nah.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
There is one haunting scene where rescue divers
are under water in the plane crash and you see the
dead still belted in. Very realistic. Gave me
shivers.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Nothing stands out. I think the writers tried to
give Harrison something memorable but it didn't
work.
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| Directed By: |
Sydney Pollack
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| Produced By: |
Sydney Pollack, Marykay Powell
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Random Hearts
A Movie Review |
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MPAA Rated - R |
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It's 2:13 Long |
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| A Review by |
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Stu Gotz |
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Every few years I re-teach myself a
very painful lesson. That lesson? I can't handle drinking
shots. You can pour beer and serve me Jack and Cokes all
night long, but serve me shots… In no time I'll be
puking on my shoes as I pass out in a bathroom stall. I
guess I'm just human, and being human I tend to forget or
think I am more than I really am. So why should it surprise
me when great actors make shitty movies? Well, when it comes
to Harrison Ford I guess I expect too much. Harrison is a
Hollywood powerhouse and has a good track record of picking
the right role at the right time. "Star Wars," for example,
sure it was a cheesy flick but perfect for the time and is
now a classic. With the possible exceptions of the ever so
slow "Mosquito Coast" and sell out for cash "Indiana Jones:
The Temple of Doom," I really don't think Harrison has made
a movie I didn't like. Heck, I even thought "Sabrina" was
OK. Well, Harry disappointed me in his latest return to the
big screen "Random Hearts."
"Random Hearts" was supposed to be a gripping love story
about two very different people whose lives are thrown
together as a result of a Greek-like tragedy. Dutch Van Den
Broeck (Ford) is a tough meat & 'tatters kind of guy
working for NYPD Internal Affairs. Dutch is working on a
case where a bad cop won't think twice about dusting him and
the last thing he needs is a mind distraction. Kay Chandler
(Thomas) is a champagne, high-society gal whose daddy's
legacy got her elected to Congress. She is in a bitter
re-election bid and really needs her wits about her. When
Dutch's spouse dies in a plane crash sitting next to Kay's
husband, Dutch learns that it was no accident that the two
were sitting together. Dutch spends the rest of the film
trying to find out why his lovable wife cheated on him
because there were no signs of marital disharmony. In fact,
she was late to the airport the day she died because she
made love to Dutch that morning. Kay, on the other hand,
seems not to want to accept the fact that her hubby was
fooling around, so she spends most of the movie in "Fuck it.
It's over. I've got to go on." denial. Given these
circumstances only Hollywood would have them fall in love
and have steamy sex in a getaway cabin in the middle of the
woods. Oh brother…
Aside from a shitty premise, this movie also failed
because of poor writing. Ford's character was a little too
cliché-ish as a tough cop. Not only were his words
poorly written, he really didn't say all that much in the
whole movie. I did however enjoy the writing of Thomas'
character in the beginning and end of the movie. She did a
great job of being a sophisticated Congresswoman and showed
dignity in the end when she looses out on all. The middle
part of her role with her instantly falling in love with
Harrison was too much for me to believe.
If you didn't see this movie in its opening week (and a
lot of you did because it was #2 at the box office) save
your money and wait for it to be on cable. And even then if
the WWF or an "Ernest" movie is on your TV, your time might
be better spent either of those and not "Random Hearts." The
movie had a few good moments so I can't leave it hanging out
there with zero stars, but it really doesn't merit much,
so… I give "Random Hearts" 1 star out of 5. "Random
Hearts" wasn't that good and I'm Stu Gotz. Nuff said!
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