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Random Hearts (1999) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Random Hearts (1999) a score of 2.2758 out of 4
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Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
No wonder this script sat around being rewritten for 15 years. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Janet Maslin)New York Times (Janet Maslin)
The tough, laconic Ford is wrenchingly effective throughout most of Random Hearts , and the story in which he figures is a strong one. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at New York Times (Janet Maslin)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Marginally romantic and only the tiniest bit thrilling. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
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 the complete Random Hearts movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film.com (John Hartl)Film.com (John Hartl)
Not a conventional love story, and perhaps it's not a love story at all. After more than two hours, you're left wondering what it is. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Film.com (John Hartl)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Desmond Ryan)Philadelphia Inquirer (Desmond Ryan)
Sorely needs the injection of skepticism - a quality that would have been even more useful when Pollack was mulling over doing Random Hearts in the first place. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Desmond Ryan)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Janet Maslin)The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
The film confines them to an affair that is the sexual equivalent of Easy Listening. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
This ponderous romantic melodrama...passes like a day behind bars. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
The cinematic equivalent of enduring a cross-country airplane flight trapped in a seat next to a manic depressive. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Net (Steve Koukoulas)DVD Net (Steve Koukoulas)
Based on the novel by Warren Adler, we are thrown into the lives of two couples who are about to cross paths after a plane crash reveals more than is initially led on. Internal Affairs Sergant, Dutch Van Den Broeck (Harrison Ford) and his wife ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at DVD Net (Steve Koukoulas)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Random Hearts is the latest big-budget disappointment to come out of Hollywood - a meditation on grief and loss that is sabotaged by shallow writing and the desire to inject romance where it is clearly out of place. The director is Sydney Pollack, who was ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com (Vince Hanada)DVD Authority.com (Vince Hanada)
"Random Hearts" stars Harrison Ford and Kristen Scott-Thomas in director Sydney Pollack's 1999 drama of marital infidelity. Harrison Ford plays it straight and serious as a Washington , D.C. internal affairs cop William "Dutch" Van Den Broeck. In his ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at DVD Authority.com (Vince Hanada)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Mike Clark)USA Today (Mike Clark)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 1.68 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Paula Nechak)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Paula Nechak)
A sloppily scripted film that contains a silly and superfluous subplot about a crooked cop. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Paula Nechak)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Supercala.com (John Venable)Supercala.com (John Venable)
It's a chick flick, and my chick fell asleep during it. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...guaranteed to weary even the most devoted Harrison Ford fan. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Variety (Todd McCarthy)Variety (Todd McCarthy)
An ideal rainy day matinee attraction for well-to-do ladies of a certain age. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
An adult love story that's trying for stiff-upper-lip poignancy. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
There's just no reason why it should take more than two hours for so little to happen. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Random Hearts (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Film.com (Peter Brunette)Film.com (Peter Brunette)
Starts off brilliantly and then gradually -- actually, not so gradually -- peters out. ...read the complete Random Hearts movie review at Film.com (Peter Brunette)
 
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Random Hearts (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Random Hearts (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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