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Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Open Hearts, like all good melodramas, is ruthless in its insistence that people are dragged, uncomprehending, in the wake of events. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: It is as emotionally raw and wrenching as life itself. Read more

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: An emotionally honest character piece that avoids moralizing or offering soggy excuses. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Until the end, when it begins to go soft, the movie takes two strands of soap opera convention -- a life-changing accident and an adulterous affair -- and spins their suds into gold. Read more

Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A small-scale domestic drama with large-scale feeling. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: The gritty, low-budget realism approach of the Dogme manifesto gives immediacy and edge to the raw emotions Bier and her cast uncover. Read more

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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Honesty, conveyed by the actors' unsentimental performances, Anders Thomas Jensen's truth-seeking script, and an effective use of the Dogma 95 style of hand-held filmmaking, invigorates Bier's well-made film. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It crackles with chemistry that feels both spontaneous and carefully layered, and, like the best Dogma entries, it takes a potentially sudsy premise and lays it bare until all that's left is the humanity. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Bier has seized on the freedom and spontaneity made possible by the Dogme program, without taking onboard the movement's snooty arrogance toward the mainstream. Read more

C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle: There is no doubting the heart-rending impact of the story. But because it is made clear from the start that there is no chance of an uplifting ending, viewers may grow restless. Read more

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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: However schematic, the movie percolates with immediacy and genuine warmth. Read more