Random Hearts 1999

Critics score:
15 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Roger Ebert, At the Movies: The film has no result--just an ending, leaving us with all of those fine pieces, still waiting to come together. Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Beyond all its pointless circling around the center, Random Hearts tests audience patience by showing behavior far too long before explaining it. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: It's intermittently moving but ultimately bloodless, reflecting the lack of a strong screenplay. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Not written well enough. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The tough, laconic Ford is wrenchingly effective throughout most of Random Hearts, and the story in which he figures is a strong one. Read more

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A meandering mystery - drama - romance that never hits the right groove. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: The film's underlying concept is so irredeemably screwy and far-fetched that no amount of fine work can hope to make it convincing. Read more

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: I'd rather see the thriller in the trailer, about a plane crash, infidelity and scandal. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Ford simply has no romantic presence. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Pollack lingers over the details of the plane crash, and the dialogue is a series of morose retro howlers. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Looks more like a case of random minds. Read more

David Ansen, Newsweek: The heat generated by these two attractive stars barely rises above room temperature. Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: [Ford] plays every emotion squarely and thuddingly, as if he were a heavyweight hitting the bag. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Pollack appears to have taken lessons from Martin Brest about how to irritate and bore viewers with endless pauses in conversations. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: 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. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: There's nothing new here, just the same plot, the same romantic pattern that we keep seeing over and over. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: This might have been tailor-made by director Pollack to ease Ford into more straightforwardly romantic territory. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: Laborious, remote and strangely uninvolving. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Almost everything that is wrong with the Hollywood system can be found here. Read more