A failure of a romantic drama.
Random Hearts (1999)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:13
Rotten:73
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.
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
Reviews for Random Hearts
This might have been tailor-made by director Pollack to ease Ford into more straightforwardly romantic territory.
A kind of thriller/drama/romance that has an interesting idea and doesn't know where to go with it.
Kristin Scott Thomas's elegant femininity contrasts perfectly with Harrison Ford's bruised machismo in this mature romantic drama.
I am trying to remember what Random Hearts is about, but during the film I was transfixed by Harrison Ford's earring.
Sydney Pollack directs with a risk-free style that's borderline dull.
A nice showcase for Thomas's talent, and it's a slight departure for Ford, which makes it more enjoyable than watching him punch people out on an airplane.
It resembles the wreckage of the downed plane more than a tale of redemptive romance.
Wants to be less of a trite star vehicle and more of a serious, contemplative drama.
The trailer made it look like it was going to be interesting. It isn't.
Sydney Pollack has made an interesting and engrossing film in Random Hearts.
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