room102
I believe this is the third time I'm watching this movie - haven't seen it in years. If you like movies in the "multiple storyline" form of "Short Cuts" and "Magnolia", where lots of stories are told in parallel and finally meet, then you're gonna love this movie. Unsurprisingly, the highlights of the movie are the scenes with Ellen Burstyn (made me cry more than once) and Gena Rowlands & Sean Connery, but you can't expect less than fantastic actors like these, given a good script. Dennis Quaid is also good in his role. The Angelina Jolie story was OK - Jolie is overacting but she's OK in her role. I would have cut the entire Gillian Anderson story - I don't know if it's the story that's weak or Gillian Anderson's acting (probably the latter), but something doesn't work for me there. Also, Madeleine Stowe is beautiful, but her story is just minor and not very interesting.
Daniel Laumann Fordsmand
To my surprise ''Playing by Heart'' was in fact a good movie.I saw it with my wife and we both liked it. Although we have seen the story - or should I say stories - before, but none of it is ever trite or offensive. It's all played out with such grace and nuance that even it's somewhat conventional ending is welcomed. The acting is well-acted and it is almost impossible not to like the long list of characters.Playing By heart is seriously playing by Skill. It is emotional,sensational,funny, and just the right movie for a bad day. A true feel-good film that shows us a sweet (but still realistic) picture about the many sides of love.
leplatypus
This is a capsules movie, with a lot of stories tangled together.A precursor of "Babel" and much more memorable. If the script isn't a revolution, it has at least the quality to be credible and reveals in addition some surprises.If "Babel" is already behind with this issue, the wonderful cast leaves no more doubt: Connery, Jolie and Anderson: What a great bunch! It is really a rare movie when you finish a scene with a star, then start a new scene with a second star, and again with a third one! Finally, a simple and direct movie with the first treasure of Hollywood: its talents!
TheJokeR7
This movie was absolutely amazing. It was a beautiful representation of all of the different ways love appears in people's lives: the unconditional love between a mother and her son, the enduring love of an aging couple, the fading love of a middle aged couple, and two other couples finding love when they thought it was out of reach.The performances are outstanding. Rowlands and Connery worked amazingly together. Jolie and Phillippe give incredible, heartfelt performances(some of their best work as far as I'm concerned), Dennis Quaid is hilarious, and the rest of the cast is outstanding. Every pairing in the film is terrific. There is a lot of comedy in the film which adds tremendously to it. The presence of love and the stories that unfold in each character are touching.The sacrifices and heartache that come with falling in love as well as the joy it brings are both apparent in the film. This is a movie I won't soon forget and one I would recommend to anyone looking for a feel good film. If anything it will make you remember your first love, appreciate those close to you and realize all the sacrifices you make are worth every moment of happiness you share with your loved ones.
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