SummaryBrian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is ... Read More
Directed By:Dagur Kári
Written By:Dagur Kári
The Good Heart
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Mixed or Average
40
User score
Generally Favorable
6.8
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
40
11% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
63% Mixed
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Here, the 36-year-old filmmaker is playing around with drama and comedy. And if you're in the mood for a splash of dark drama, a bit of humor, very dry, on the rocks, with a twist, this will come close to satisfying.
60
The Good Heart dilutes Cox’s gravitas with quirk.
50
As Lucas’s girlfriend April, Isild Le Besco brings a sprig of sunshine into the film’s fetid hollows.
46
The movie's two bright spots are Cox and Dano, who perform excellently despite the dull inevitabilities the script forces on them.
40
No amount of splenetic ranting by Brian Cox, a wonderful actor, when given the right role, can salvage The Good Heart from terminal mawkishness.
38
As robust and clever an actor as Cox is, he can't make Jacques any less of a blowhard; Kari's wit simply doesn't come through in English, at least with this script.
10
A sloppy, desultory, depressive buddy comedy the color of beer-infused pee.
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6.8
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Production Company:
- Ex Nihilo
- Forensic Films
- Nimbus Film
- Nordisk Film ShortCut
- Palomar Pictures (II)
- Wild Bunch
- ZDF/Arte
- Zik Zak Kvikmyndir
Release Date:Apr 30, 2010
Duration:1 h 35 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Everyone needs a refuge from the world.
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Awards
Edda Awards, Iceland
• 5 Wins & 11 Nominations
Method Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Göteborg Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
