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06/06/03
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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
The situations are forced; love blossoms way too easily; and the characters are downright daft.
06/05/03
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05/30/03
Soap opera fans will recognize a kindred spirit here
05/27/03
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05/20/03
Teems with insights into the human condition revealed by an unusually smart script and a wonderfully committed cast.
05/16/03
The writing-directing pair of Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger create a fairly seamless patchwork, although the novelty starts to wear thin by the third layer.
05/15/03
Top CriticThe humor is hit-and-miss, and your laughter ratio will depend on your affinity for subtle, dry British wit.
05/15/03
It's an intriguing experience.
05/09/03
Top CriticShows us small revelations only an opened heart can grasp.
05/08/03
Top CriticIt's an ambitious attempt, but one which too often puts form ahead of story.
05/02/03
Top CriticAs it stands, Tim's story rescues the movie, but barely.
05/02/03
Top CriticThe filmmakers use the characters to talk about ... issues without being pedantic.
05/02/03
It thins out until the repetitive format begins to seem, well, repetitive.
05/02/03
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 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 characters are full-bodied and authentic, capable of surprising themselves, and their dialogue is written with a good ear for how smart people try to be truthful and secretive at the same time.
04/25/03
Top CriticIt is so adroit in its structure, so insightful in how it explores its vivid characters that it forces us to acknowledge not only how complicated all lives are but also how easy it is to be self-centered and miss those complications in everyone else.
04/24/03
Top CriticFor 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
It's frustrating because it is so well made and acted but can never find much of anything to say.
04/17/03
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