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Hearts in Atlantis (2001) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Hearts in Atlantis (2001) a score of 2.7712 out of 4

based on (198) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(140)

Good

(37)

Fair

(1)

Poor

(1)

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WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES BRING BOBBY GARFIELD (David Morse) back to the home of his youth, he cannot help but ponder his eleventh year when the magical and innocent world of his childhood was lost forever, like the mystical city of Atlantis....read the complete Hearts in Atlantis (2001) review at Parent Previews

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DVDActive (Richard Schuchardt)

Hearts of Atlantis is not going to please everyone. Fans of Stephen King’s novels will feel a little cheated by the straightforward plot, but I considered it compelling enough to keep my attention right through to the end credits. The movie has...read the complete Hearts in Atlantis (2001) review at DVDActive (Richard Schuchardt)

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Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)

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Film Written Magazine (Jaime N. Christley)

Rote Americana of the Spielberg/Zemeckis vein...with King's touchy-feely-creepy metaphysics, his gallery of iconic villains, and a mist of facile nostalgia......read the complete Hearts in Atlantis (2001) review at Film Written Magazine (Jaime N. Christley)

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New York Times (Stephen Holden)

A nostalgic fiasco so shameless it makes movies like Simon Birch and Frequency seem as austere as the work of Robert Bresson....read the complete Hearts in Atlantis (2001) review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)

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