Random Hearts (1999)
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15% of critics liked it
(87 reviews) -
27% of users liked it
(9,603 ratings)
Two people who've known the pain of loss and the sting of betrayal are brought together under trying circumstances in this romantic drama. Dutch van den Broeck (Harrison Ford) is a police detective based in Washington D.C. whose wife works for an upscale department store; flying to Miami on… More Two people who've known the pain of loss and the sting of betrayal are brought together under trying circumstances in this romantic drama. Dutch van den Broeck (Harrison Ford) is a police detective based in Washington D.C. whose wife works for an upscale department store; flying to Miami on business, she dies shortly after takeoff in one of the worst aviation disasters in the city's history. However, Dutch finds out that his wife wasn't actually traveling on business: Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott Thomas) is a prominent political figure whose husband was also killed in the crash, and Dutch and Kay discover that their spouses were on the plane together because they were having an affair. Random Hearts was directed by Sydney Pollack, who also worked with Harrison Ford on his previous film, Sabrina. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sydney Pollack
- Written By
- Kurt Luedtke
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 8, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
This might have been tailor-made by director Pollack to ease Ford into more straightforwardly romantic territory.
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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Looks more like a case of random minds.
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Susan Stark, Detroit News
Beyond all its pointless circling around the center, Random Hearts tests audience patience by showing behavior far too long before explaining it.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Random Hearts, a film that sits on the screen like a bump on a log for a very long 131 minutes, a running time that's filled mostly with excruciatingly long, silent pauses.
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Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A meandering mystery - drama - romance that never hits the right groove.
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Cast
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Harrison Ford
as Dutch van den Broeck
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Kristin Scott Thomas
as Kay Chandler
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Charles S. Dutton
as Alcee
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Bonnie Hunt
as Wendy Judd
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Dennis Haysbert
as George Beaufort
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Sydney Pollack
as Carl Broman
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Richard Jenkins
as Truman Trainor
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Paul Guilfoyle
as Dick Montoya
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Susanna Thompson
as Peyton van den Broeck
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Peter Coyote
as Cullen Chandler
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Dylan Baker
as Richard Judd
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Lynne Thigpen
as Phyllis Bonaparte
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Kate Mara
as Jessica Chandler
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Ariana Thomas
as Shyla Mumford
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Bill Cobbs
as Marvin
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Susan Floyd
as Molly Roll
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Edie Falco
as Janice
- Blair Brown
- Kathleen Chalfant
- S. Epatha Merkerson
- Brooke Smith
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Jernard Burks
as Bowling Alley Cook
- Reiko Aylesworth
