Despite its historical surrounding and a few stabs at thematic depth, Map of the Human Heart has all the flavor and plot complexity of a Harlequin romance.
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Map of the Human Heart (1993)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:16
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: When a 1920s biplane carrying British explorer Walter Russell lands near Eskimos in the arctic, Russell befriends young Avik, a Euro-Eskimo boy suffering from tuberculosis. He flies Avik to a... [More]
Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Robert Joamie, Anne Parillaud, Annie Galipeau
Director: Vincent Ward
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Reviews for Map of the Human Heart
Top CriticSucceeds admirably in showing us just how much love the heart can hold in the face of so many obstacles and so much pain.
07/12/03
Visually stunning and emotionally powerful... a buried treasure.
01/05/04
The best movies seem to reinvent themselves as they move along, not drawing from worn-out sources, and Map of the Human Heart is one of the year's best films.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe love story (which features Jason Scott Lee and Anne Parillaud) that means to add pathos to this cultural collision doesn't generate enough heat. But the theme tantalizes, and many of the images soar.
01/09/02
Map of the Human Heart is an enjoyable two-hour ride, an unusual and eccentric combination of old-fashioned and modern movie sensibilities, told from a decidedly '90s mindset.
01/01/00
A film of incantatory intensity and moment by a prodigiously gifted young filmmaker.
01/01/00
Top CriticAs directed and co-written by Vincent Ward, this romantic drama tries to say something poignant about a doomed interracial love and the fateful nature of human encounters, but everything about it is excessive.
12/26/06
Even by Mr. Ward's own high standards in the area of idiosyncrasy, this is a daringly peculiar tale.
05/20/03
Top CriticMap of the Human Heart is one of those rare films that illuminates a single human story, and does it so well that you're hardly aware you're watching a movie.
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10/18/08
Top CriticAn interesting, overlooked film
09/07/02
Dreamy, romantic, and ultimately haunting. A rare movie that deserves to be called a true original.
07/25/02
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