| A breath of fresh air (by TexMetal4JC) |
| Hearts in Atlantis is an interesting movie. For one, it is based upon a story contained within a book named "Hearts in Atlantis" by Stephen King. But the story is called "Low Men in Yellow Coats" and the story "Hearts in Atlantis" has absolutely no bearing on the movie at all. It's rather unfortunate actually, that the film makers couldn't find some way to incorporate all five of King's "Hearts in Atlantis" stories into the movie. But if they had to pick one - which they did, of course - "Low Men in Yellow Coats" is an excellent <more> |
| touching movie (by billyjack_forrest02) |
| such a touching and lovely movie. i was moved by the friendship of the boy and sir anthony hopkins. i was really inspired with this story. being there for your friend. A MUST SEE MOVIE!!!! |
| Hearts In Atlantis (by twistedrainbows) |
| Even tho I'm a bit young 14 I though Hearts In Atlantis was great. It was the best old-time set movie I seen beside The Goonies but I love it. I would so tell other people to see it because it was that good. I cant think of anything besides that to say bout it. There is a lot to say but cant think of it. And i no I'm by myself on this but who cares if there were mistakes you can hardly tell there was. It shows on how the life "was" back then and its really emotional. I cry when i watch it,i don't cry but that proved that there are movies that are touching. I would say <more> |
| A big, fat 'wow' (by wezzel) |
| For some, Stephen King is just a mere auteur of horror stories. If you look closer, you'll see he is much more. Nearly all his stories are melancholic tales about the loss of childhood innocence. With a paranormal twist, but that really isn't the most important. I even think that Hearts in Atlantis would have worked even better, if the whole paranormal thing would have been left out. The most interesting aspects of the story are Bobby Garfield and his relationship with his mother, girlfriend and Ted. Whenever Ted brought up the low-men, my personal interest curve got a bit of a dip, <more> |
| Wouldn't've missed a minute of it. (by D_n) |
| To many, Stephan King is a well of horror, Lovecraftian chill that creeps upon us in the dead of night. So when his fantasy of insight comes along, they are struck blind, disappointed, let down by the mildness of the tale.Director Hicks, screenplay writer Goldman, and the superlative team of Mr. Hopkins and young Yelchin have brought alive this artist's touch of Mr. King, in a finely crafted, sensitive film that just departs from the four walls of our mundane reality. In many subtle touches throughout the film, we -- even those of us Constant Readers who would read Mr. King's laundry <more> |
| Very Intriguing & Haunting Story (by ccthemovieman-1) |
| I don't care for "coming-of-age" movies but this is a mixture of that along with a suspenseful story of an older man trying to keep his anonymity. Anthony Hopkins plays the latter and is riveting, as always. His character, "Ted Brautigan" is not an easy guy to figure out, but he has to be mysterious in order to keep away from the bogey-man bad guys called "low men." That sounds goofy but if you watch the film, you know what I mean. The only things I didn't care for are the typical Liberal bias with cheap shots against Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover and <more> |
| GREAT FILM!!!! (by dan_in_denver) |
| This movie was a great surprise! I never read the Stephen King novel that this film comes from, but as always, King has crafted an intriguing and absorbing story.Anthony Hopkins never disappoints and his performance as Ted Brautigan here is no different. Brautigan lives upstairs from young Bobby Garfield and his widowed mother and a friendship soon develops between Bobby and Ted. Bobby knows that there is something different about Ted, and the bond between them grows when Bobby starts uncovering some of Ted's secrets. Bobby's father passed away when he was very young and he has no <more> |
| Could have been much better, but still outstanding (by teknozike13) |
| I remember seeing this movie and thinking it sounds like there is a lot more to this story. Little did I know then, that it was adapted from a book, a book which is now one of my favorites. The book delved so much deeper into Ted Brautigan and anyone who is a fan of King's Dark Tower series will appreciate the strong connection. But that whole connection was taken out of the movie. Maybe this would have added too much confusion, but I think it would have done a much better explaining Ted's powers, and his origin. The book is really collection of related stories and the movie only told <more> |
| "She had the heart of a lion" (by Dr_Van_Nostrand) |
| Whether you read the book or not most should like this film. I personally didn't read the book and I still enjoyed this film. I'm not usually a huge fan of these sorts of dramas but this was something worth watching.This film is about a 11 year old boy named Bobby Garfield Anton Yelchin whose living with his widowed mother Hope Davis in Connecticut. He's very close with his best friends John "Sully" Sullivan and Carol Gerber Mika Boorem who is somewhat of a love interest to Bobby.Ted Brautigan Anthony Hopkins is a man with psychic ability who has traveled around <more> |
