smatysia
This film is quite depressing, not that there's anything wrong with that. Not an enjoyable watch, but I'm sure it wasn't intended to be. A great acting performance by Janeane Garofalo. If my rating was only about her performance it would have been much higher. She has the dramatic chops, especially for someone who came up as a comedienne. She never was really pretty in the classical sense, but I always liked her looks. I really liked her on The Larry Sanders show. She still looks good here. Margaret Cho was fine here, and Bobcat Goldthwaite was suitably repulsive. But I would only recommend this film to fans of Miss Garofalo.
setbro72
Janeane Garofalo stars in this movie as a young woman who answers a personal ad in the paper as a sort of 'last chance'. She meets the man at a café but doesn't tell him who she is right away making for some light hearted fun before things get really interesting. That's already more info than you need. Janeane Garofalo does an amazing job in this movie! This is the best I've ever seen her. Her performance is funny, whimsy, and dark all at the same time. She shows a vulnerability here that I've never seen in her before and it fits her fine. The film has a mystery ending, one that leaves you wondering without giving you many clues and this is one of the few imperfections in this movie. This is a love/compassion search story that's better and more watchable than any that quickly come to mind.
katynmae
I love the crazy romance story between Jasmine and Arliss but the ending depresses me. Janeane plays her role brilliantly, adding both humor while showing the dark side to manic-depression. Definitely a movie that makes you think and challenges your outlook on things in this world.
Mitch-38
Never believe the box. I always try to tell myself that. The video box is nothing more than an extension of the publicity campaign for any movie, along with tv spots and trailers. SWEETHEARTS, a 1996 release from Trimark, is a film that got me. Interesting premise, descriptive words and phrases. The movie turned out to be just another Hollywood-concocted, coming of age "rebel" flick; and not a good one, at that. Insecure nerd (who talks to himself constantly) Arliss answers personal ad of paranoid and manic-depressant Jasmine, who is about as likeable as having boric acid thrown in your face. The so-called animosity, begrudging respect and genuine chemistry of the two, feels contrived and forced. I never bought it for for an instant. Among the cast, is the usually very funny Margaret Cho, as the cafe owner. Here she is wasted. She comes off more as a grouch, than humorous. Bob Goldthwait (as he is shown billed) contributes the only humor found in the flick, in the scene where he delivers coffee to the two leads. The rest of it bombs badly. SWEETHEARTS is anything but, and is dull, to boot. Time to test faith at the video shop, to see if that "guarantee you'll like the movie" policy is worth the paper it's written on.
AD
