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One from the Heart

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One from the Heart (1982)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:13

Rotten:14

Average Rating:5.8/10

Consensus: A misfire from director Francis Ford Coppola.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola directed this experimental musical about love in Las Vegas. Shot entirely at Coppola's Zoetrope Studios, the film stars Frederic Forrest (Hank) and Teri Garr (Frannie) as an... Francis Ford Coppola directed this experimental musical about love in Las Vegas. Shot entirely at Coppola's Zoetrope Studios, the film stars Frederic Forrest (Hank) and Teri Garr (Frannie) as an unhappy couple breaking up on their five-year anniversary. Frannie is courted by a piano player/waiter, Ray (Raul Julia), who promises to take her away on a much-needed vacation. Hank and his friend Moe (Harry Dean Stanton) encounter a beautiful circus performer, Leila (Natassja Kinski), who Hank manages to get a date with. The two couples dance their way through the streets of Las Vegas on Fourth of July evening to the songs of Tom Waits, sung by Crystal Gayle and Waits. But Frannie and Hank find it hard to forget each other, and the mood and music of the film lead the couple toward melancholy romances. In the controlled studio environment, Coppola was able to use video as an innovative aid to filmmaking and postproduction. [More]

Starring: Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski

Starring: Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton, Allen Goorwitz, Jeff Hamlin, Italia Coppola, Carmine Coppola, Edward Blackoff, James Dean, Rebecca De Mornay, Javier Grajeda, Cynthia Kania, Monica Scattini

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Armyan Bernstein, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos

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Reviews for One from the Heart

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A grand tribute to the power of love.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Jon Fortgang
Jon Fortgang
Channel 4 Film
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At times the project seems in danger of being scuppered by its own lavishness; the saving grace is a light heart.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out
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If any film from the 1980s needs to be re-examined, it's Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
12/22/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

... simultaneously ahead of its time and delightfully quaint, a simple romantic comedy that revels in the dreamy artifice of a meticulously re-created fantasy Las Vegas.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/15/04
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Underwritten and overdirected.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/05/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

There are plenty of movies out there that deserve to be re-released for a whole new generation of moviegoers to enjoy - this is not one of them.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
11/26/03
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

An interesting production but not a good movie.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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One From the Heart is aptly named. No one will mistake it for One From the Brain.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
12/12/03
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

It isn't very good, but at least the highly touted technology is put firmly in the service of the (sometimes painfully sincere) emotions that Francis Ford Coppola wants to communicate, which is more than you can say for Apocalypse Now.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

While it was a fascinating filmmaking experiment in its day -- One From The Heart was initially released in 1982 -- it has not time-travelled very well.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
12/05/03
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

It's even worse now, when its perms and polyester mark it as dated as its sexual politics.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
01/15/04
Kim Linekin
Kim Linekin
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There's not a moment in One From the Heart when Mr. Coppola isn't after something romantic and glorious, something inexpressibly grand. At times, he even gets what he's after.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 1 Comment
08/30/04
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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With more than 200 salaried employees on a 10-acre lot that included 9 soundstages, 34 editing suites, and a gigantic trailer that the mogul dubbed the Silver Fish, Coppola videotaped rehearsals in an effort to cut down on film costs. Alas...

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
05/19/04
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

An ambitious misfire by a brilliant filmmaker.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
12/05/03
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

[An] often maligned, giddy, superlative romantic musical.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
04/15/04
Douglas Pratt
Douglas Pratt
Hollywood Reporter
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A 1982 curio about feeling, not the weighty machinations of plot... but one that offers only moments of studied amusement, not rapt absorption.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
01/09/04
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

A hybrid musical romantic fantasy, lavishing giddy heights of visual imagination and technical brilliance onto a wafer-thin story of true love turned sour, then sweet.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/11/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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An integral piece of the oeuvre of one of America's great directors.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/02/04
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

A bold experiment in style and technique that doesn't work.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/26/03
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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A playful, delightfully unfathomable piece of magic.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/16/04
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
 
 
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