Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Pros: Powerful performances

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: A thought provoking little tale, well worth the effort to find and watch.

Review: This is the only movie that I'm aware of that makes me cry. True I'll admit it, there is something about this movie that never fails to have tears running down my face by the time the final credits roll. No matter how many times I've seen it, and I've...

Pros: A beautiful story and Arkin and Locke.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: This is one of those pieces that plays to the heart and soul. You're invited in to see human frailties and how we help, hurt and heal.

Review: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a very sentimental piece of work. It's been called a coming of age film but I think it's so much more. It's really a film about how, sometimes, that rare person steps onto anothers stage, offering them a unique and ...

Pros: characters, direction, script, thoughtful

Cons: unhappy ending, story lacks structure

Review: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter received Oscar nominations for both Best Actor (Alan Arkin) and Best Supporting Actress (Sondra Locke, making her film debut). Despite this, the film is obscure today. Most of its attention has come from schools for...