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Random Hearts (1999)

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Reviews Counted:87

Fresh:13

Rotten:74

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

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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An intriguing character study of lovers who are in over their heads emotionally.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

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

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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This is perhaps the worst two and a half hours I have spent in a movie theatre all year...and I've seen a lot of really bad movies.

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01/01/00
James Brundage
James Brundage
Filmcritic.com

Just in time for the first frost of the season comes 'Random Hearts,' a romance between two ice cubes that moves at the speed of a glacier.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

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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01/01/00
Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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Even if it had been trimmed of 30 minutes, Random Hearts would have seemed somewhat flabby.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The plot...is barely enough to sustain a TV movie of the week, much less a major motion picture.

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Jeffrey Wachs
Jeffrey Wachs
Reel.com

The score is an irritating jazz collection which seldom, if ever, fits the film's somber mood.

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01/01/00
Jim Chastain
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript

This film is about as bland as they come.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

The premise is interesting, the development is well done.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
01/01/00
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

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.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Sydney Pollack can't locate any kind of chemistry between Ford and Thomas, whose first and last scenes together are especially labored.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
John Hartl
Seattle Times

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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The romance works beautifully.

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Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Part love story, part drama and wholly unintelligible mess.

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01/01/00
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

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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Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
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It would help if the leads weren't brittle and stone-faced.

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Maitland McDonagh
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