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The Heart of Me (2003)

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Reviews Counted:55

Fresh:27

Rotten:28

Average Rating:5.5/10

Consensus: This movie about passion and betrayal finds itself severely lacking in the former.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Upper crust England before, during, and after WWII provides the backdrop for THE HEART OF ME, a richly emotional drama about the seductive -- and destructive -- nature of passion. A classic... Upper crust England before, during, and after WWII provides the backdrop for THE HEART OF ME, a richly emotional drama about the seductive -- and destructive -- nature of passion. A classic romantic triangle, the film stars Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams as sisters Dinah and Madeleine, and Paul Bettany as Rickie, Madeleine's husband, who finds himself drawn to his darkly beautiful, bohemian sister-in-law. Torn between two women, one who always plays by the rules and one who always breaks them, Rickie risks everything by falling into a clandestine affair with Dinah. What follows is more than a decade of deception, betrayal, and manipulation during which Rickie's carefully constructed world falls apart and he is all but destroyed by love. Over the years, the two sisters wage a fierce battle for his heart that exposes their vast differences as well as their surprising bonds. A sumptuously mounted vision of an all-but-vanished world, in which appearances and propriety govern every relationship, THE HEART OF ME is based on the 1953 best-seller, "The Echoing Grove," by noted novelist Rosamond Lehmann (and loosely based on her illicit affair with Poet Laureate, C. Day Lewis). Intricately structured as a progression of post-war flashbacks that gradually reveal a host of personal and societal conflicts, the film brings an unusual degree of sexual candor and dark psychology to a time and place normally thought of as "polite." The powerful performances of Bettany ("A Beautiful Mind", "A Knight's Tale") and Williams ("The Sixth Sense", "Rushmore") establish them as full-fledged romantic leads and, in her strongest role since her Oscar-nominated turn in "The Wings of the Dove," Bonham Carter once again shows she is unequalled in giving a modern face to period characters struggling with the boundaries of convention. -- © ThinkFilm [More]

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Screenwriter: Lucinda Coxon
Producer: Martin Pope
Composer: Nicholas Hooper
Studio: ThinkFilm

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05/03/03
Matthew Turner
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Plenty of costumes, but not much drama.

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04/15/03
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08/30/03
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine
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A well-acted but bloodless drama.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
08/21/03
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

Like its characters, takes far too long to show its heart.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
08/14/03
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Three stars, for a trio of quality lead performances that survive the relentless card-shuffling of the plot -- and because Ricky Masters is just a great name any way you slice it.

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08/08/03
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

While far from the gold standard of The Remains of the Day, it presses all the appropriate buttons.

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08/08/03
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

Under the several layers of stuffed shirts that this film seems to wear beats the heart of an old-fashioned, tearjerking romantic drama.

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08/08/03
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Dull and unmoving.

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08/02/03
Dennis Schwartz
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