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  • 2010
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m

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 ...

Directed By: Dagur Kári

Written By: Dagur Kári

  • 2010
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 39 m

The Good Heart

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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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 ...

Directed By: Dagur Kári

Written By: Dagur Kári

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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.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
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The Good Heart dilutes Cox’s gravitas with quirk.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
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As Lucas’s girlfriend April, Isild Le Besco brings a sprig of sunshine into the film’s fetid hollows.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
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The movie's two bright spots are Cox and Dano, who perform excellently despite the dull inevitabilities the script forces on them.
By Ian Buckwalter FULL REVIEW
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No amount of splenetic ranting by Brian Cox, a wonderful actor, when given the right role, can salvage The Good Heart from terminal mawkishness.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
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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.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
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A sloppy, desultory, depressive buddy comedy the color of beer-infused pee.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW

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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 39 m
Rating R
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Tagline Everyone needs a refuge from the world.
Website http://www.thegoodheartfilm.com/
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Awards

Edda Awards, Iceland
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Method Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Göteborg Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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