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Playing by Heart (1998) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Playing by Heart (1998) a score of 2.6814 out of 4

based on (58) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(38)

Good

(17)

Fair

(1)

Poor

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Gena Rowlands and Sean Connery play Hannah and Paul, a couple that has been married for forty years. Paul and Hannah are constantly fighting, and things aren't really working out between them. Hannah finds out some secrets that Paul has kept from her...read the complete Playing by Heart (1998) review at IMDB.com

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JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

Charmingly effective romantic drama, this film offers insight into various types of relationships, presents us with interesting characters and excellent performances from the cast, and scratches beneath the surface of love and its many complex subtleties....read the complete Playing by Heart (1998) review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

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IMDB.com

PLAYING BY HEART has a starstudded cast (Gillian Anderson, Madeleine Stowe, Anthony Edwards, Ryan Phillippe, Gena Rowlands, Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Burstyn, Jay Mohr, Jon Stewart, Patricia Clarkson and Nastassja Kinski), but it would give too...read the complete Playing by Heart (1998) review at IMDB.com

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Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)

Besides Dancing About Architecture, the other prospective title for this piece was the dreadful If They Only Knew. I have now seen this film, and I know who utters that phrase and when. I wonder: what does she know that these...read the complete Playing by Heart (1998) review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)