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Random Hearts (1999)

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Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 87
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 74

Even Harrison Ford could not save the dull plot and the slow pacing of the movie.

15

Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 22

Even Harrison Ford could not save the dull plot and the slow pacing of the movie.

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27

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Average Rating: 2.6/5
User Ratings: 9,321

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Movie Info

Two people who've known the pain of loss and the sting of betrayal are brought together under trying circumstances in this romantic drama. Dutch van den Broeck (Harrison Ford) is a police detective based in Washington D.C. whose wife works for an upscale department store; flying to Miami on business, she dies shortly after takeoff in one of the worst aviation disasters in the city's history. However, Dutch finds out that his wife wasn't actually traveling on business: Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott

R, 2 hr. 13 min.

Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense

Kurt Luedtke

Oct 30, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (90) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (76) | DVD (15)

Looks more like a case of random minds.

March 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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The film's underlying concept is so irredeemably screwy and far-fetched that no amount of fine work can hope to make it convincing.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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Random Hearts seems like a promising vehicle for the extraordinary talents of Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Associated Press
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Harrison Ford does some of his best work ever in Sydney Pollack's marvelous new thriller, Random Hearts.

January 1, 2000 Comment
San Jose Mercury News
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Random Hearts, a film that sits on the screen like a bump on a log for a very long 131 minutes, a running time that's filled mostly with excruciatingly long, silent pauses.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | Comment
Sacramento Bee
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A meandering mystery - drama - romance that never hits the right groove.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Comment
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In a perfect world, this assemblage of great talent wouldn't amount to such a colossal waste.

November 28, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

A failure of a romantic drama.

May 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

This might have been tailor-made by director Pollack to ease Ford into more straightforwardly romantic territory.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

A kind of thriller/drama/romance that has an interesting idea and doesn't know where to go with it.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

It's a chick flick, and my chick fell asleep during it.

December 31, 2005 Full Review Source: Supercala.com | Comment
Supercala.com

My God! What happened to Sydney Pollack?

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Kristin Scott Thomas's elegant femininity contrasts perfectly with Harrison Ford's bruised machismo in this mature romantic drama.

April 28, 2005 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comment
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

I am trying to remember what Random Hearts is about, but during the film I was transfixed by Harrison Ford's earring.

December 17, 2004 Full Review | Comment
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Sydney Pollack directs with a risk-free style that's borderline dull.

May 14, 2003 Comment
Palo Alto Weekly

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.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | Comment
Film Quips Online

I hate to say that the disc's trailers were more interesting than the feature film, but that's the way it is.

April 16, 2002 Comment
Movie Metropolis

It resembles the wreckage of the downed plane more than a tale of redemptive romance.

April 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Wants to be less of a trite star vehicle and more of a serious, contemplative drama.

March 7, 2002 Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | Comment (1)
Matinee Magazine

...guaranteed to weary even the most devoted Harrison Ford fan.

April 6, 2001 Comment
Movie Metropolis

The trailer made it look like it was going to be interesting. It isn't.

January 1, 2001 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Random Hearts

Dull and emotionless. A few well written scenes give a hint to what could have been an intriguing film. Ford and Scott Thomas work well separately and together but the overall film is simply frustrating. A number of sub plots seem more interesting than the main one handed to us which again left me with a feeling of

June 11, 2008
kiriyamakazou

Super Reviewer

Pretty slick romantic movie set in Washington DC, the life of a detective falling in love.

January 31, 2008
rezpatriot

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