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(- 2001 -)

Original Title Hearts in Atlantis Director Scott Hicks Genre Adventure, Drama Released 2001-09-7 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic elements. Rated 6.8

Plot Summary

This is a gentle, innocent film about the reflections of an aging man (David Morse), who returns to his home town after the death of his best friend. Memories of life at age 11 floods back as it was a magical time that changed his life. Three 11 year old children (Anton Yelchin as Bobby, Mika Boorem as Carol, and Will Rothaar as Sully) share their lives. Carol & Bobby have a special affection for one another including sharing a kiss "by which all others will be measured". Bobby lives with his mother (Hope Davis), a bitter, vain woman who looks for pleasures for herself without sharing much with her son. Into their lives comes a mysterious new boarder (Anthony Hopkins), who befriends the boy but generates distrust from the mother. As time passes, the man and boy share confidences and special powers are revealed. The man warns the boy to be on the lookout for the "lowmen", who were seeking him. The two share a summer's adventures and come to love one another before the inevitable happens. A confrontation with a school bully (Timothy Reifsnyder) also changes everyone.

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Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan , Anton Yelchin as Bobby Garfield , Hope Davis as Liz Garfield , Mika Boorem as Carol Gerber/Molly , David Morse as Bobby Garfield (Adult) , Alan Tudyk as Monte Man , Tom Bower as Len Files , Celia Weston as Alana Files , Adam LeFevre as Don Biderman , Will Rothhaar as Sully-John , Timothy Reifsnyder as Harry Doolin (as Timmy Reifsnyder) , Deirdre O'Connell as Mrs. Gerber , Terry Beaver as Mr. Oliver , Joe T. Blankenship as Richie O'Rourke , Brett Fleisher as Willie Shearman

IMDB User Comments

Hearts of Lettuce Spoilers herein. Another formula picture about childhood discovery in the salad days, this time from the Ray Bradbury playbook. It comes close to being pleasantly dull, but it consistently moves past the cloying. This is another of Hopkins' recent `vacation' films. King is no dummy, he. So we have lots of the formulaic depth: the self-referential framing of a photographer revisiting his childhood, one in which he could `see' the thoughts of others. While in this state, he conjures up (?) a similar mystically-inclined friend who constantly links the `insight' to reading. Got it, seventh graders? Now the wheels turn with all the stereotypes and minicrises of the era, and guess what? A Nixonian cabal comes and takes his friend away and after that he loses the `insight.' This is briefly recaptured when he gives a picture of his old, excessively idealized girlfriend to her daughter. Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 4: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

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