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Crooked Hearts

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An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley (Vincent D'Onofrio) is 26 and still lives at home, despite his simmering anger at his father, Edward (Peter Coyote). Charley's younger brother, Tom (Pete Berg), just dropped out of college and returned home to live. Tom's unstable new girlfriend, Marriet (Jennifer Jason Leigh), has designs on joining the family, but she's hardly a calming influence on the crumbling home.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The ensemble cast is engaging. Rated: C+ Feb 10, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jerod S What a great cast for such a rough, non-engaging script. It's all over the place, and the big "family secret" letters aren't much of a climax. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Steve D Great cast bad script. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/10/23 Full Review Audience Member If you want to see what bad acting is then watch this movie...just awful performances by otherwise decent actors. Juliette Lewis had the only performance worth mentioning....oh and that puppy at the end. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/21 Full Review ashley h Crooked Hearts is a disappointing film. It is about a very troubled family beset from all sides by conflict, arguments and scandal. Vincent D'Onofrio and Peter Berg give terrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Michael Bortman did a horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Good cast in slow-moving drama. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Engaging, character-driven drama about a seemingly close-knit family forced to face some ugly truths. The fine ensemble is led by Peter Berg and features Vincent D'Onofrio, Noah Wyle and Juliette Lewis as his siblings, Jen Jason Leigh as his girlfriend and Peter Coyote and Cindy Pickett as his parents. Definitely worth a look. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Michael Bortman

Director

Vincent D'Onofrio

Charley

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Marriet Hoffman

Peter Berg

Tom

Peter Coyote

Edward

Noah Wyle

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Synopsis An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley (Vincent D'Onofrio) is 26 and still lives at home, despite his simmering anger at his father, Edward (Peter Coyote). Charley's younger brother, Tom (Pete Berg), just dropped out of college and returned home to live. Tom's unstable new girlfriend, Marriet (Jennifer Jason Leigh), has designs on joining the family, but she's hardly a calming influence on the crumbling home.
Director
Michael Bortman
Producer
Gil Friesen, Dale Pollock, Rick Stevenson
Screenwriter
Michael Bortman, Robert Boswell
Production Co
A&M Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 31, 1991, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 2, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$21.6K
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
Surround