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Lawless Heart (2002)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:43
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Unconventional and refreshing, this strikingly un-Hollywood film takes a quiet and heartbreaking look at the warmth and inspiration of friendships lost.
Theatrical Release:Feb 21, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Lawless Heart is a sharp, modern love story where lust, loyalty and courage are stretched to the limit. Shocked by the death of a friend, three men decide to take their lives in hand. But under the... [More]
Starring: Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Douglas Henshall, Clementine Celarie
Director: Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger
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Reviews for Lawless Heart
Leaves you with the impression that it could go on and on, picking up loose threads and exploring stray implications. More remarkably, you find yourself wishing it would, because these absolutely ordinary people turn out to be infinitely interesting.
02/20/03
Top CriticThe skill with which these temporalities are connected is considerable.
07/08/03
Good, sophisticated, warm-hearted fun (poor Dan excluded), and should be seen.
03/06/03
Top CriticA ruminative ensemble dramedy suffused with humanity -- probably the most unassumingly exact film so far of 2003, a movie whose robust sense of completeness slowly accrues over the course of its running time.
04/28/03
The filmmakers use the characters to talk about ... issues without being pedantic.
05/02/03
Honest, poignant and occasionally very, very witty.
03/08/02
For these gifted directors and their fine ensemble, the notion that every life forms into a mosaic of intimate, largely unobserved details is the story most worth telling.
04/24/03
An impishly funny, melancholy, absolutely delightful English ensemble drama.
03/01/03
It's a glum tale, withal, but the highly intelligent performances also help it to reward in the end.
04/01/03
It's an intriguing experience.
05/09/03
Top CriticShows us small revelations only an opened heart can grasp.
05/08/03
Top CriticA guy's flick whose charms are many and faults are few.
08/29/03
Hats off to Hunter and Hunsinger for their robust and rounded treatment of the emotional education of three vulnerable men who are not used to dealing with their deepest yearnings.
02/21/03
A small, funny and quietly effective movie that makes a beguiling virtue of modesty.
03/14/03
Like so many British movies, it seems made for actors who make what they humanly can of it, their expertise meshing.
08/01/03
It's dedicated to a fuller understanding of the human condition, a deeper appreciation of everything we take for granted in even the messiest melodramas.
05/01/03
Top CriticA beautiful, moving mini-masterpiece that's a strong contender for the British film of the year.
06/16/02
There is a real honesty to this British comedy-drama that is appealing, and which also makes its soap-opera plot a bit easier to swallow.
06/06/03
Like grieving itself, the film is awkward, messily honest, and sometimes darkly funny.
02/19/03
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