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The Heart of Me

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United Kingdom, Germany · 2002
Rated R · 1h 36m
Director Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron
Genre Drama, Romance

In 1930s London, sisters Madeleine and Dinah are very close. After Madeleine marries Rickie, however, Rickie and Dinah begin a torrid affair. Rickie and Dinah's relationship would ruin both sisters if the truth were ever to be revealed, and, however the affair ends, will have lasting consequences for all three involved.

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L.A. Weekly by

While director Thaddeus O'Sullivan has some interesting visual ideas -- his period London is a heavily aestheticized, matte-painted dreamscape -- he never makes an emotional connection to the material the way he did in his fine Irish gangland drama, “Nothing Personal.”

75

Premiere by Kelly Borgeson

Surely it’s a credit to this luminous cast that the characters can behave in such despicable ways yet still command one’s sympathy.

50

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

A clean, tasteful drama (sex scenes aside) that's designed to attract Anglophiles who can't resist green lawns, falling leaves, precise diction, and a clean sound mix.

50

Austin Chronicle by Steve Davis

It’s all veddy stiff-upper-lip -– this is romance from a masochist’s point of view -– and the intimacy of the emotions often feels cramped.

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