The Invisible Man
The Way Back
Blow the Man Down
Better Call Saul
Got more questions about news letters? Email support@rottentomatoes.com
Already have an account? Log in here
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified.
Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.
No consensus yet.
Rent or buy
Tap to review this movie
Super Reviewer
Rate this movie
Oof, that was Rotten.
Meh, it passed the time.
It’s good – I’d recommend it.
Awesome!
So Fresh: Absolute Must See!
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
Step 2 of 2
Fandango
AMC (Coming Soon)
We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
Cinemark (Coming Soon)
Regal (Coming Soon)
Bought somewhere else
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.
All Critics (17) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (1)
... this is an astonishingly polished and nuanced first film. It deserves to be celebrated, not quibbled with. January 4, 2018 | Full Review…
... this is an astonishingly polished and nuanced first film. It deserves to be celebrated, not quibbled with.
Paul Attanasio
The story is not sensationalistic, although its love scene could not be more emotional. It`s a gentle story of someone being brought in from the cold. January 16, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The story is not sensationalistic, although its love scene could not be more emotional. It`s a gentle story of someone being brought in from the cold.
Gene Siskel
I might have enjoyed Desert Hearts more if it had been more subtle and observant about the two women... And yet Desert Hearts has undeniable power. January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
I might have enjoyed Desert Hearts more if it had been more subtle and observant about the two women... And yet Desert Hearts has undeniable power.
Roger Ebert
Desert Hearts, a daring and accomplished first feature by perceptive director Donna Deitch, is a movie that sneaks up on you. November 6, 2019 | Full Review…
Desert Hearts, a daring and accomplished first feature by perceptive director Donna Deitch, is a movie that sneaks up on you.
William Wolf
Still, despite the occasional douse of cheap perfume, Desert Hearts doesn't succumb to schmaltz too often. August 22, 2019 | Full Review…
Still, despite the occasional douse of cheap perfume, Desert Hearts doesn't succumb to schmaltz too often.
Mimi
Desert Hearts is an important, overlooked film in the struggle to get gay characters on the screen. T August 14, 2019 | Full Review…
Desert Hearts is an important, overlooked film in the struggle to get gay characters on the screen. T
David Harris
All these years later, in an age where LGBTQIA+ stories are being normalized more and more in the mainstream, Desert Hearts still retains its power because its edges remain so daring. June 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
All these years later, in an age where LGBTQIA+ stories are being normalized more and more in the mainstream, Desert Hearts still retains its power because its edges remain so daring.
Tomas Trussow
It's this evocation of a homophobia-free universe that elevates Desert Hearts from mere lesbian melodrama to the most tantalizing of wish-fulfillment fantasies. December 27, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It's this evocation of a homophobia-free universe that elevates Desert Hearts from mere lesbian melodrama to the most tantalizing of wish-fulfillment fantasies.
Nathanael Hood
One of the film's most fascinating features is the use of rock and country music to build a world in which there are only two human conditions: romantic fulfillment, and romantic loneliness. August 7, 2018 | Full Review…
One of the film's most fascinating features is the use of rock and country music to build a world in which there are only two human conditions: romantic fulfillment, and romantic loneliness.
Eve Tushnet
In Desert Hearts, [Donna] Deitch takes lesbian cinema back to its future. August 15, 2017 | Full Review…
In Desert Hearts, [Donna] Deitch takes lesbian cinema back to its future.
Armond White
Desert Hearts was an important, and beautiful, first step toward a movie world where LGBTQ couples were allowed unapologetically to be themselves. August 3, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Desert Hearts was an important, and beautiful, first step toward a movie world where LGBTQ couples were allowed unapologetically to be themselves.
Sean P. Means
It advocates risk and consciousness in tandem as the only means to overcome the cold, repressive hand of so-called normative thought. July 11, 2017 | Full Review…
It advocates risk and consciousness in tandem as the only means to overcome the cold, repressive hand of so-called normative thought.
Clayton Dillard
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
View All