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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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That rarest of movies, a moribund Harrison Ford vehicle, stodgily dull, and seemingly endless in its monotony.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

[A] slickly designed, much-ado-about-nothing movie.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
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Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

The film's stoic stare at personal crisis provides little opportunity for audiences to embrace either characters or subject matter.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
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Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

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Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Not written well enough.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
01/01/00
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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The script is heavy-handed and dull, and Sydney Pollack's direction is leaden.

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Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Passionless and predictable!

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Nick Carter
Nick Carter
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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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Subdued, laborious.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
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Philip Booth
Philip Booth
Orlando Weekly

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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Terminally frosty and remote!

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Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

Random Hearts is disappointing mostly because it didn't have to get this absurd.

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

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

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Dull plot, laughable dialogue and an incredibly forced romance.

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Sandra Ramani
Sandra Ramani
Citysearch

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Scott A. Mantz
Scott A. Mantz
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Pollack is too polished and professional a filmmaker to produce an unwatchable product; he's also too polished and professional a filmmaker to delve into those dark places where the film needed to live.

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Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
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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.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
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Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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A meandering mystery - drama - romance that never hits the right groove.

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Steve Murray
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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