Hicks ... coats the film in a bogus idyllic mist that substitutes cheap sentiment for blunt truth.
Hearts in Atlantis
What if one of life's great mysteries moved in upstairs?
2001 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Scott Hicks
Overview
A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
Director and cast
- Scott Hicks Director
- Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan
- Anton Yelchin as Robert 'Bobby' Garfield
- Hope Davis as Elizabeth 'Liz' Garfield
- Mika Boorem as Carol Gerber
- David Morse as Adult Bobby Garfield
- Alan Tudyk as Monte Man
- Tom Bower as Len Files
- Celia Weston as Alana Files
- Deirdre O'Connell as Mrs. Gerber
- Timothy Reifsnyder as Harry Doolin
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The unblinking sympathy for kids struggling with evil and with the strange frequencies of prepubescent passion can, if your defenses are down, lay you out.
Hicks's film is magical, but its magic comes not from the inexplicable phenomena we most commonly associate with King, but from the charms of childhood.
A precious respite from the postmodern era and all that it entails.
Much of Hearts feels a little empty, a little unmotivated.
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