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Random Hearts (1999)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:4

Rotten:22

Average Rating:4.1/10

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

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Genre: Dramas

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...

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 airplane carrying Dutch’s wife Peyton and Kay’s husband Cullen crashes into the Chesapeake Bay, leaving no survivors, it marks just the beginning of a mystery that will not only lead Dutch and Kay to disturbing and shocking information about their spouses, but bring these strangers together in an unlikely romance.

In the aftermath of the crash, pieces of startling information come to light—Cullen and Peyton were sitting side by side on the plane, traveling on "Mr. and Mrs." tickets and carrying identical keys in their pockets. Grief-stricken spouses Dutch and Kay—a pair of opposites from widely dissimilar backgrounds and with very contradictory temperaments—are now thrown together, bonded by this mutual betrayal, to unlock the truth behind the secret that threatens to destroy them.

Dutch, a policeman to the core, investigates. Kay, left with a teenage daughter to protect and a campaign to run, doesn’t want to know any more than she absolutely has to. As clues lead from the gritty streets of D.C. to the romance of Miami’s beaches, both the cop and the congresswoman are caught in an upheaval of misplaced lust and rage, laying bare not only the details of their spouses’ clandestine affair, but their own awkward and painful feelings. Out of the ruins of their shattered marriages, this pair of random hearts forms a volatile new union. [More]

Starring: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert

Starring: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, Sydney Pollack, Charles S. Dutton

Director: Sydney Pollack

Director: Sydney Pollack
Screenwriter: Kurt Luedtke
Producer: Marykay Powell

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Looks more like a case of random minds.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/22/02
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Random Hearts seems like a promising vehicle for the extraordinary talents of Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.

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01/01/00
Bob Thomas
Bob Thomas
Associated Press
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There's a lot of satisfaction in seeing two stars given this much time and space to examine a complex relationship.

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Cody Clark
Cody Clark
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The heat generated by these two attractive stars barely rises above room temperature.

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David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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Harrison Ford does some of his best work ever in Sydney Pollack's marvelous new thriller, Random Hearts.

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David L. Beck
David L. Beck
San Jose Mercury News
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Almost everything that is wrong with the Hollywood system can be found here.

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Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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There's nothing new here, just the same plot, the same romantic pattern that we keep seeing over and over.

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Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Pollack appears to have taken lessons from Martin Brest about how to irritate and bore viewers with endless pauses in conversations.

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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The tough, laconic Ford is wrenchingly effective throughout most of Random Hearts, and the story in which he figures is a strong one.

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01/01/00
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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There's a vital spark missing from the core of the tepid Random Hearts.

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Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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I'd rather see the thriller in the trailer, about a plane crash, infidelity and scandal.

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Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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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.

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01/01/00
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Random Hearts is the cinematic equivalent of enduring a cross-country airplane flight trapped in a seat next to a manic depressive.

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01/01/00
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Not written well enough.

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Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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This sluggish adaptation of Warren Adler's heavily altered novel might have gotten by on just Scott Thomas's luminosity.

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Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Pollack lingers over the details of the plane crash, and the dialogue is a series of morose retro howlers.

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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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[Ford] plays every emotion squarely and thuddingly, as if he were a heavyweight hitting the bag.

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Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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It's intermittently moving but ultimately bloodless, reflecting the lack of a strong screenplay.

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Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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The film has no result--just an ending, leaving us with all of those fine pieces, still waiting to come together.

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's frustrating to come across a picture that at least offers a fresh angle on a tired old theme, then have to struggle to stay awake through it.

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Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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