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  • PBS
  • Nov 21, 2010
  • PBS
  • Nov 21, 2010

Summary Logan Mountstuart is a writer with a very interesting life. During his time he travelled a lot and a war, the death of a prime minister and the abdication of a king. But this is not what interests him - that remains the individual consciousness of these events, which he documents in a journal. Based on the novel of the same name th...

  • PBS
  • Nov 21, 2010
  • PBS
  • Nov 21, 2010
Any Human Heart
Season 1
Season Premiere: Nov 21, 2010
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
54
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 7 User Ratings
8.4
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Summary Logan Mountstuart is a writer with a very interesting life. During his time he travelled a lot and a war, the death of a prime minister and the abdication of a king. But this is not what interests him - that remains the individual consciousness of these events, which he documents in a journal. Based on the novel of the same name th...

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80
Feb 11, 2011
While it's not the triumph that "Downton" was, it's a special, lovely miniseries that lingers in your imagination like a richly drawn memoir.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 14, 2011
It is a long journey and at times a slow one, but with more than a few delightful oases.
By Mary McNamara FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 11, 2011
Any Human Heart is a kind of "Forrest Gump" for the literate: an intimate, picaresque chronicling of the life of a fictional British writer who intersects with notable events, ideas and personages of the 20th century in ways both amusing and catastrophic.
By Ginia Bellafante FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 14, 2011
As handsome as the production is, the nature of Boyd's novel makes the miniseries episodic, and the tone of those encounters tends to be highly uneven. While experiencing abundant tragedy in his life, the protagonist's vulnerability doesn't translate very well in carrying the story, even with such a stalwart trio of actors playing him.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
30
Feb 11, 2011
Even the people who matter to him most are sketchily drawn, while others are almost laughable caricatures, including a friend's saucy cheating wife, purred by Kim Cattrall.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 11, 2011
The conceit of Boyd's book and this mini-epic is provocative, but unfortunately, the reality is something else.
By David Wiegand FULL REVIEW

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