| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Playing by Heart is a film that would like to think of itself as an
intricate puzzle, whose pieces smoothly slide into place as the film
progresses. However, as a puzzle, Playing By Heart is fairly simple.
Luckily, observing the artwork of the individual...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Willard Carroll.
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Gena Rowlands, Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson,
Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Jon Stewart, Madeleine Stowe, Ellen
Burstyn, Anthony Edwards, Jay Mohr, Patricia Clarkson, Natassja Kinski.
1998 - 121...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Joy Wyse |
| Starring: (in Alphabetical order) Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn,
Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie,
Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands,
Jon Stewart, Madeleine Stowe more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| With thousands, perhaps millions, of scripts flying around Hollywood for a
script to be produced there needs to be an ingenious twist. Playing By
Heart has one of these ingenious twist to it. If I reveal it, it’ll spoil
the film. more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Willard Carroll
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Madeleine Stowe, Anthony
Edwards, Ryan Phillippe, Gena Rowlands, Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid,
Ellen Burstyn, Jay Mohr, Jon Stewart, Patricia Clarkson, Nastassja
Kinski
Screenplay: ...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| It will come as no surprise to fans of Elvis Costello that his
beautifully expressed observation that "writing about music is like
dancing about architecture" has served as inspiration for a motion
picture. more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: Here are six stories with people
talking about love intercut together. The stories
by writer/director Willard Carroll are about love
and death, candor and lies. PLAYING BY HEART is
also...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by DeWyNGaLe |
| Going into this movie, I didn't know anything about it except for the cast
members, and that it was about couples and what they go through. The only
reason I went to see this movie was because of the large cast, and I am very
glad I did go. The cast...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "PLAYING BY HEART" (Miramax Films)
Someone once said that "writing about music is like dancing
about architecture" - meaning it cannot be done - and film-maker
Willard Carroll was so taken with that sentiment that he...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| PLAYING BY HEART
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1999 Christopher Null
filmcritic.com more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| In the opening scene of Playing By Heart (**), one character tells the
story of a musician friend that once profoundly said, “Talking about
love is like dancing about architecture.” The next two hours, which are
totally devoted to talking about love,...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Miramax Films/Intermedia Films
Director: Willard Carroll
Writer: Willard Carroll
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Madeleine Stowe,
Anthony Edwards, Ryan Phillippe, Gena Rowlands, Sean
Connery, Dennis Quaid,...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| Playing by Heart (1998)
Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Angelina
Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart,
Madeleine Stowe, Patricia Clarkson, Nastassja Kinski, Alec Mapa. Written
and...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| PLAYING BY HEART
(Miramax)
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards,
Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon
Stewart, Madeline Stowe.
Screenplay: Willard Carrol.
Producers: Meg...more |
| Playing by Heart Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Thanks to a strange MPAA ruling--and much to the delight, I'm sure, of
Miramax's marketing department--writer-director Willard Carroll was
forced to change the title of his _Dancing_About_Architecture_ to
_Playing_by_Heart_. Never in recent memory has a...more |
