The Good Heart
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  • Summary: Brian 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 a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male-centric laws of his alcoholic clubhouse: no new customers, no fraternizing with customers and, absolutely no women. Lucas is a quick study, but their friendship is put to the test when the distraught and beautiful April shows up at the bar seeking shelter, and Lucas insists they help her out. (Magnolia Pictures)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    70
    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.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    60
    The Good Heart dilutes Cox’s gravitas with quirk.
  3. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    60
    Kári relies too heavily on the fleeting rewards of situation for the film to come together as an involving story.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    The actors cast themselves adrift on the sinking vessel of this story and go down with the ship.

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