Product Details

• Actors: Paul Dano, Brian Cox
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Magnolia
• DVD Release Date: August 10, 2010
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003L20IN8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,438 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Good Heart" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Few actors project a subterranean rage like Brian Cox (recognizable from movies as varied as Adaptation, Manhunter, and X-Men 2). The Good Heart is a superb showcase for this underrated actor: as Jacques, the owner of a cloistered bar in New York City, Cox unleashes arias of cantankerous bile on both his customers and Lucas (Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood), the young homeless man that Jacques has chosen as his protégé. Lucas's sweet nature both touches and infuriates Jacques, but their relationship slowly builds in trust--until, like so many male connections, it's threatened by a woman (French actress Isild Le Besco). Though the plot of The Good Heart doesn't hold any surprises (and the ending is a little forced), the textures of this movie are incredible. Jacques's dank, smoke-stained bar--filled with a collection of dank, smoke-stained regulars--is filmed in moldering yet lush greens and blues, as if the bar (and the world) were deep underwater. Cox and Dano worked together before in the excellent L.I.E.; their friendship, shot through with father-son yearnings, is wonderfully affecting. Though Dano and Le Besco are both excellent, Cox seizes his role and turns it into the movie's driving force. It's an outstanding performance, not to be missed. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

A bartender takes a young homeless man in under his wing. Studio: Magnolia Pict Hm Ent Release Date: 08/10/2010 Starring: Brian Cox Paul Dano Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars life lessons in death, March 10, 2011

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Barbara L. Elzohairy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Heart (DVD)

Empty hearts, lonely hearts, angry hearts all come together in a dank, seedy bar located in the dark canyon of lower new york city. Not a place to find love, but a place to be together for the exclusive club of black, blue collar, and superior intellectuals, a motley and fascinating crew. But it's owner, in spite of all the raw rage is both enterprising and able to love. Not knowing anything about this film before viewing it, I found myself riveted by the truth of what these actors portray, the human heart cloaked in darkness, seeking and not seeking the light, but finding it anyway. At last an American film of substance and gritty grace. I loved it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A film with heart!, September 26, 2010

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Austin Ng Tse Ann (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Heart (DVD)

I didn't know what to make of the film when i started watching it. The start was a tad slow but still very watchable because of the great performance and chemistry between the cox and dano.

Although admittedly the ending was a little predictable, the great musical score, the look and feel of the film and its well paced character development more than covers for it.

Go watch it... if you are a fan of the drama genre, you'll like this.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly good movie!, August 11, 2010

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Lizbeth - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Good Heart (DVD)

I liked it. An American movie with an European feel. Watch it, you will also be pleasantly surprised.