Random Hearts (1999)
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.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 25
Even Harrison Ford could not save the dull plot and the slow pacing of the movie.
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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
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Cast
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Harrison Ford
Dutch van den Broeck -
Kristin Scott Thomas
Kay Chandler -
Charles S. Dutton
Alcee -
Bonnie Hunt
Wendy Judd -
Dennis Haysbert
George Beaufort -
Sydney Pollack
Carl Broman -
Richard Jenkins
Truman Trainor -
Paul Guilfoyle
Dick Montoya -
Susanna Thompson
Peyton van den Broeck -
Peter Coyote
Cullen Chandler -
Dylan Baker
Richard Judd -
Lynne Thigpen
Phyllis Bonaparte -
Kate Mara
Jessica Chandler -
Ariana Thomas
Shyla Mumford -
Bill Cobbs
Marvin -
Susan Floyd
Molly Roll -
Edie Falco
Janice -
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Jernard Burks
Bowling Alley Cook -
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All Critics (92) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (76) | DVD (15)
This might have been tailor-made by director Pollack to ease Ford into more straightforwardly romantic territory.
Top CriticLooks more like a case of random minds.
Beyond all its pointless circling around the center, Random Hearts tests audience patience by showing behavior far too long before explaining it.
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.
A meandering mystery - drama - romance that never hits the right groove.
Pollack lingers over the details of the plane crash, and the dialogue is a series of morose retro howlers.
In a perfect world, this assemblage of great talent wouldn't amount to such a colossal waste.
A failure of a romantic drama.
A kind of thriller/drama/romance that has an interesting idea and doesn't know where to go with it.
It's a chick flick, and my chick fell asleep during it.
My God! What happened to Sydney Pollack?
Kristin Scott Thomas's elegant femininity contrasts perfectly with Harrison Ford's bruised machismo in this mature romantic drama.
I am trying to remember what Random Hearts is about, but during the film I was transfixed by Harrison Ford's earring.
Sydney Pollack directs with a risk-free style that's borderline dull.
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.
I hate to say that the disc's trailers were more interesting than the feature film, but that's the way it is.
It resembles the wreckage of the downed plane more than a tale of redemptive romance.
Wants to be less of a trite star vehicle and more of a serious, contemplative drama.
...guaranteed to weary even the most devoted Harrison Ford fan.
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