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A movie full of dramatic irony and beauty. I love Helena Bonham Carter and Paul Bettany. On screen, the characters are so believable that I forget that I am watching a movie. I'm transported to this world of war and snobbery, kite flying and poetry. And every twist in the plot basically rips my heart out or sends it soaring. It's so different from any other romance film that I've ever seen. The premise is familiar, but it's beautifully done. Definitely worth seeing. Keep a box of tissues nearby. This movie made me want to read more William Blake. Watch it, and you'll see why. Seriously. It is a film that grips the heart, wraps up the senses, and causes emotions to boil. Despite the poetry in the film, it is mainly a movie of action, of eyes, beautiful, intense eyes. See this movie.

I thought this movie was exquisite. From the casting to the acting to the settings to the directing and so on and so forth. The plot was beautifully seamless and carried out quite well by all involved in the film. Now that I have stated that, I just wanted to leave a warning that mentioned (at least somewhat) the triggering scene in this movie. It was entirely unexpected that Rickie rapes his wife Madeleine, somewhat close to the end of the story. It's not a very long scene, not even an entirely graphic scene, but some of the elements (it being 'flash-backy' in style, with bleeding over of crying/screaming from both 'time-frames', especially) were quite poignant. Beautiful movie, fair warning.

"The Heart of Me" is an excellent film in all respects except one. The pathos soaked story, which moves like a lavalamp, shows us nothing new and does it such a way we are not the least inclined to care. The film traces the life of two English sisters who have a man in common. One is his wife amd the other his mistress. A painfully tedious and stilted film which presents us with such a mawkish protag (Bettany) he can't pick one or the other or manage either much less both. Rather, he lets them manage him resulting in one really whipped dude and a whole lot of crying while we sit watching disconnected and detached. A melancholy affair, "The Heart of Me" is a very pretty flop. (C+)