Touches You

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Many people have devils/demons inside and some think there are outside too... And the reasons are usually related to childhood and family. Thus, the plot in Heartless is trivial, exploited several times (and likely in the future as well). Indeed, I am sure there are lots of viewers who consider bonfire, explosions, immolation, monster masks etc. horrifying and intense, but I am not an admirer of those elements used constantly, making the watching tedious at times. Luckily, there are some good performances, particularly Jim Sturgess as Jamie Morgan and Eddie Marsan as Weapons Man, the rest were nothing special, and Papa B's and Lee's characters were rather stodgy. The length 115 minutes was also too much and the ending was probably meant to be sophisticated, but resulted in pretentious reasoning.For a British film, nothing special, there is much more interesting stuff out there.

I give this movie a 7. I think the acting was decent, Jim Sturgess was actually quite good. The story is an ageless one but a rather good one, but I don't want to give away too much.Basically, Jamie Morgan is a guy with a giant heart shaped birth mark across his face. He is shy, avoids eye contact with people, and wears a hoodie whenever he is in public. Eventually the movie asks the question, what would you do, how far would you go to erase a disfigurement, etc.Now, here is the problem that blows away 3 stars from me. If I hadn't had anything else to do while this movie was going I would have shut it off halfway through. The first half was boring and takes way too much time laying the foundation about how hard Jamie's life is with his birth mark. It took along time to get to the better parts of the movie and the whole story, and by then the film makers could have lost a lot of their audience. I liken it to why most people don't raise livestock in their backyard these days. Yes bacon is wonderful and tastes delicious, but who really wants to waste all the time and effort of raising the darn pig for so long just to get a few nice pieces of bacon. Also there is some real poor special effects make-up later in the movie as it concerns a certain character.So, after around half way the story begins to get very interesting with a nice twist or two. Let's just say their is a price to pay in order to have his 'blemish' removed and it is not a monetary one.If you can bear with this one until the halfway point, it does end up being a decent movie.Like my reviews? Hate em? Comments, good or bad? Is there a DVD you want reviewed, shoot me an e-mail at : subliminal.lithium@gmail.com

Tired of living in a squalid section of London, a man with a deformed birthmark makes a deal with a demonic figure to get through his terrible life but finds the deal changed and must confront the results of the changed deal.Utterly intriguing and inviting effort that gets so much right that it's far more enjoyable than expected. Utilizing a far more accurate and realistic depiction of a squalor than most of the types out there, with an urban Hell of gangs running unchecked, a lack of police presence despite their constant appearance, fires, burglaries and gun-use which create a very threatening atmosphere upon which the horror starts up. Far, far more brutal in tone than expected, though the execution is lacking somewhat but there's enough there to leave an overall impression. Once it changes over and gets the deal executed which renders him a lot more normal and strips away the urban Hell of the early stages, it looses it's footing and concentrates on far more useless areas, such as the tepid adoption angle or the clichéd romance that takes up way too much time, is dragged out far beyond it's usefulness and makes the far far longer than it needs to be, moreover the fact that this section is played with a touch of black humor that clashes so jarringly with the gritty realism of the beginning that it really snaps you out of the film and thus this section constitutes it's only true flaw. While it again breathes some nice points with a pretty good finale and some overall nice touches, the middle segment keeps this down somewhat.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and children-in-jeopardy.

I don't mind a film where the ending is left open for interpretation or ambiguity causes an internal dialog and we need to delve deeper in the movie for answers.I felt that Heartless was too weak here. There were many variables and unexplained characters and motives. What was the little girl? I have 3-4 opinions on who she was, but those are just too many to keep the movie flowing.I've just read through other's opinions and reviews. I would love to hear the definitive answer so I could better judge this movie.Acting was good with Sturgess being able to carry well. I liked the setting and mood.Worth viewing but you have more questions than answers.