Review of Playing by Heart (1998) by Ida T — 21 Feb 2011
I remember seeing this on television when I was younger, and I thought it was okay, had some really dramatic, sad scenes... well, watching it again, for whatever reason, those dramatic, sad scenes (which are pretty much every single scene in this pointless film) just made me laugh at how cheesy, over-the-top, stylized and just awful they were, it's just a long soapy line of melodramatic ups and downs that lead nowhere, and it made me sick to the stomach to watch.
A couple of the actors in this ensemble I really like, and even those I'm not personally fond of I can objectively say are talented performers, but none, not a single one of them, displays anything but emotional masturbation in this picture as far as I am concerned.
Of course I blame this on the director, and the writer, not the actors themselves, but damn... can I have those two hours of my life back, somehow, please?
This review of Playing by Heart (1998) was written by Ida T on 21 February 2011.
Playing by Heart has generally received positive reviews.
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