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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe film is a soapy melodrama set from about 1936 to 1946 and done with style.
- 75PremiereKelly BorgesonPremiereKelly BorgesonSurely it’s a credit to this luminous cast that the characters can behave in such despicable ways yet still command one’s sympathy.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIn their own precisely posed ways, the drenched players in The Heart of Me are as compelling as those in any less decorum-bound love triangle.
- 63New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIt has the feel of those romantic movies of the '40s that no one thinks are made anymore.
- 50Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisIt’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.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayA 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.
- 40New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerO'Sullivan's movie could easily have been made 60 years ago. This is not intended as a compliment.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyWhile 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.”
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe end product suggests tepid, bottom-drawer Merchant-Ivory in which the emotions rarely catch fire.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickDull and creaky soap opera.