263 of 291 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
not what i expected, March 10, 2005
This review is from: The Hired Heart (DVD)
I was disappointed in the movie, "A Hired Heart" because, although it had the potential of being a cute romantic comedy, it did not pass my test. I am on the lookout for romantic comedies and romances which do not have language or sensuality in them. I read the reviews and was mistakenly led to believe this was an innocent love story...one I could share with my teenage kids or my close friends. But the sex scene, the foul language, and the message of using a person for gain, was not appealing to me, and I will probably not loan it out to others. I will stick to Love Comes Softly, Love's Enduring Promise, Emma (with Gwyneth Paltrow), and The Inheritance (with Meredith Baxter Birney) any time, over this. Sorry!
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59 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not Recommended, October 11, 2005
This review is from: The Hired Heart (DVD)
Garnet is the heroine, a young family doctor who recently lost her husband to a death-ride on a rodeo bull. She is tired of her father-in-law and other people in her picturesque town of Sweetwater, CO, being tired of HER unhappiness. Out of desperation she hires a "boyfriend" from an escort agency, and tells him to sweep her off her feet whenever they're in public to convince everyone they're seriously involved.
While the premise was appealing, the reality was a bit more mottled. Garnet, as both doctor and grieving wife, I found less than convincing. Claiming to have no interest in romance, she nevertheless behaves in an immature and needy, please-love-me-come-hither manner. She treats her long-suffering hiree with disdain, even while availing herself fully (and I do mean fully) of his "services", (calling him a "prostitute", for example, even when later she crawls under the covers with him, wearing lingerie and claiming all she wants is a snuggle... hmm).
The movie seems to be all about what the lad can do for her, a grief-stricken, lonely, beautiful, inconsistent and at times selfish woman... while she offers him little in return except verbal abuse. I'd say Garnet still has some serious growing up to do.
I don't recommend this movie. Perhaps there's good messages in it about moving on from grief and loving again, but they could have been done in a classier way.
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65 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Hired Heart - one of my all-time favorites!, February 25, 2003
I saw The Hired Heart on our lifetime TV channel and LOVED IT! I was in the mood (as I am most times) for a happy, uplifting movie with romance AND good ending, and this filled the bill for me. Enter - a girl who is a doctor in a small town. She is forever hounded by her entire town to let them help her "find a husband." Her idea to "HIRE" someone to be that person on a totally platonic level for one week - well, that caught my eye right away. The process of their relationship becoming more than just a hired heart was a total pleasure to watch. I highly recommend this movie to all movie-lovers who enjoy "a chick-flick" with a happy ending.
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