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Hearts in Atlantis

What if one of life's great mysteries moved in upstairs?

2001 · 1h 41m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by Scott Hicks

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A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

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49%
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Rotten

Hicks ... coats the film in a bogus idyllic mist that substitutes cheap sentiment for blunt truth.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh

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.

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh

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.

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh

A precious respite from the postmodern era and all that it entails.

Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten

Much of Hearts feels a little empty, a little unmotivated.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

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