Product Details

• Actors: Michael Sheen, Mark Addy, Jim Carter, Celia Imrie, Ruth Jones
• Directors: Damien O'Donnell
• Writers: Paul Fraser
• Producers: Gina Carter, Richard Jobson
• Format: NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: LIONSGATE
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 2012
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002L57XW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,834 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Heartlands" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

In the entertaining tradition of The Full Monty, here's a delightfully funny story about the wild road trip that changes one man's life! Colin (michael Sheen- Laws of Attraction) is a simple guy who had always meekly settles dor the simple things in life. But it's not until his wife Sandra runs off with a friend (Jim Carter- Ella Enchanted) that Colin realizes just how good things might have been. Deternmined to win her back and jump-start his life, Colin hops on his trusty moped and embarks on a chaotic cross-country journey of discovery that opens his eyes to places he's never seen... and introduces him to people he never expected to meet! Also starring Mark Addy (The Full Monty) and Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones' Diary)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a beautiful movie, November 28, 2004

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Lindsay Levesque (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartlands (DVD)

I watched it, and almost turned it off after the first 5 minutes but gave it time as some movies start out a bit slow. What a beautifully shot movie, with gorgeous scenery, and a nice simple story. I enjoyed it so much, and liked that the end wasn't as I had expected. I came away after watching that movie, feeling good. Its a simple feel good movie, and I think you learn something from Colin, the main character, as he has learned from all the folks he met through the movie. Oh, and the comparison to Full Monty? No idea how...other than Steve Addy being in both movies, there are no similarities in any way. Very odd...Oh, and the music? Awesome, I bought the best of CD for Kate Rusby last nite after watching and listening to her. Shes a folk singer that performs most of the songs in the movie...

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blissfully quirky . . ., December 19, 2004

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Ronald Scheer "rockysquirrel" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartlands (DVD)

Set somewhere in northern England, this working-class road movie shares some of the same territory as "Full Monty," but it's in a class all by itself. Though it concerns the song-of-experience theme of betrayal and infidelity, it's a PG-13 song of innocence about a woolly-haired young man whose hero is a national darts champion. His journey to a getting-of-wisdom takes him on a moped along narrow two-lane roads and across rolling countryside, where the people he encounters open a world to him he never knew existed.

Almost lost among the oafish, inconsiderate and embittered people, young and old, who surround him, he finds good reason to be touched by those capable of appreciating him. Instead of spoiling his innocence, his experience of this world only seems to deepen it. Michael Sheen as Colin is wonderful, his smile beatific, and his face registering a remarkable range of emotions. If it's possible to put a lump in your throat, this feel-good movie will do it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Movie, December 16, 2004

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Apiary (Orlando, FL, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heartlands (DVD)

Heartlands is wonderful. It is beautifully shot and remarkably well acted. The movie made me laugh out loud - twice - without having to resort to potty jokes or sloppy slap stick humor. It also made me cry, not because it is an intrinsically sad film, but because it is in part the story of Everyman. Unless a person is remarkably dull or a recluse, there will be moments in this film that could have been taken from the pages of anyone's life. Granted the characters and situations are a bit larger, if not more colorful, than one might typically expect to encounter, it is Michael Sheen's (Colin) ability to humanize them that touches.

Without spoiling things for people who haven't seen the film, there is a scene in this movie that will stick with me forever. It is so full of simple, unburdened joy that anyone who sees it will be instantly both amused and completely charmed.

Call me Quixote, as I am off in search of windmills.....