Random Hearts (1999)
15 %
Reviews Counted: 85 Fresh: 13 Rotten:72 Average Rating: 4/10
Consensus:
Even Harrison Ford could not save the dull plot and the slow pacing of the movie.
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Synopsis: Dutch Van Den Broeck, a sergeant in the Internal Affairs Division of the Washington, D.C. police department, and Kay Chandler, a New Hampshire congresswoman running for re-election, know about trust. Their careers depend on it. Their marriages are founded on it. Or so they thought. When an... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, Sydney Pollack
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This might have been tailor-made by director Pollack to ease Ford into more straightforwardly romantic territory.
06/24/06
A kind of thriller/drama/romance that has an interesting idea and doesn't know where to go with it.
05/26/06
Kristin Scott Thomas's elegant femininity contrasts perfectly with Harrison Ford's bruised machismo in this mature romantic drama.
04/28/05
I am trying to remember what Random Hearts is about, but during the film I was transfixed by Harrison Ford's earring.
12/17/04
Sydney Pollack directs with a risk-free style that's borderline dull.
05/14/03
A nice showcase for Thomas's talent, and it's a slight departure for Ford, which makes it more enjoyable than watching him punch people out on an airplane.
02/08/03
It resembles the wreckage of the downed plane more than a tale of redemptive romance.
04/03/02
Top Critic
Wants to be less of a trite star vehicle and more of a serious, contemplative drama.
03/07/02
The trailer made it look like it was going to be interesting. It isn't.
01/01/01
Sydney Pollack has made an interesting and engrossing film in Random Hearts.
01/01/00
Random Hearts seems like a promising vehicle for the extraordinary talents of Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.
01/01/00
Director Sydney Pollack has crafted a sad but fascinating film, based on the novel by Warren Adler.
01/01/00
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