Random Hearts

(Ford and Thomas) give Random Hearts muscle when the story turns flabby, spine where it sags, wings where it threatens to stay earthbound.

There's a lot of satisfaction in seeing two stars given this much time and space to examine a complex relationship. more

The fundamental problem is the point of view. more

It's still strangely remote, only fitfully romantic, never really convincing. more

Like a guy who finally gets what he wants, you just want to go home once it's over. more

A-list soap opera, high-class and high-gloss. more

Marginally romantic and only the tiniest bit thrilling. more

As clumsy as its title. more

This ponderous romantic melodrama...passes like a day behind bars. more

The cinematic equivalent of enduring a cross-country airplane flight trapped in a seat next to a manic depressive. more

I like this movie. I don't care much about what the critics said about it, nor about its failure to top box office records. I found this movie a psychologically intense drama, and I think acting was very good. Ford portrayed a clearly distraught and somewhat depressed and distracted man who lost his wife in plane crush, and who find out that his wife was cheating on him. He comes in contact with another "survivor," a Congresswoman who lost her husband in the same plane crush. A somewhat unlikely romance develops, while Ford's character continues to be haunted by his wife's betrayal. The... more

At least that's what I wondered during the first hour of watching this Harrison Ford movie. Nope, this is absolutely nothing like "Air Force One," "Patriot Games" and especially the Indiana Jones trilogy. Quick plot recap -- Ford is an Internal Affairs sergeant whose wife dies in a plane crash. He soon discovers his wife was on the plane with her lover -- the husband of a congresswoman. He obsessively tries to find out more about the affair, much to the distress (and eventually the attraction) of the congresswoman (Kristin Scott Thomas). I kept waiting for Ford to show some emotion other... more