If anyone is looking for some typical Stephen King fare with lots of blood and vividly imagined monsters, Hearts of Atlantis is not your film. If however your taste runs to well acted drama about growing up in the early sixties Hearts of AAtlantis is definitely the film for you. Although it's not stated my gut tells me that this tale is somewhat autobiographical.
David Morse comes back to the small town he grew up in to attend the funeral of a friend killed in action, presumably Kuwait during Desert Storm. He also learns that his first girl friend also passed on a few years earlier. They were a trio that hung out and did things together as kids. Morse's mind wanders back to those innocent days when Anton Yelchin as young Morse, Will Rothhaar as the man who was killed as a youngster and Mika Boorem as the girl friend are all of eleven.
Yelchin lives with his mother Hope Davis, a woman made bitter by the split between her and Yelchin's father. Into their lives comes a mysterious boarder whom Davis takes in because she needs the money, but remains suspicious. The stranger is Anthony Hopkins and he and Yelchin form a bond.
Hopkins is a fugitive, but not in the usual sense. As we discover he's got powers and abilities far beyond those of ordinary men which are in the mind reading field. It's a gift and a curse and Hopkins is wanted by some mysterious strangers who want to make use of his abilities. Presumably this is the Central Intelligence Agency.
Hearts in Atlantis is a tender and loving film that is made by the performances of Anthony Hopkins and the juvenile cast around him. Best scene in the film is Hopkins defusing a confrontation between Yelchin and friends and a school bully played by Timothy Reifsnyder. Hopkins reads Reifsnyder and tells him things about himself he would not want known, but they do ring true and play into the pathology of bullying.
This is an absolute must see films, one of the best screen performances by Anthony Hopkins on film.
David Morse comes back to the small town he grew up in to attend the funeral of a friend killed in action, presumably Kuwait during Desert Storm. He also learns that his first girl friend also passed on a few years earlier. They were a trio that hung out and did things together as kids. Morse's mind wanders back to those innocent days when Anton Yelchin as young Morse, Will Rothhaar as the man who was killed as a youngster and Mika Boorem as the girl friend are all of eleven.
Yelchin lives with his mother Hope Davis, a woman made bitter by the split between her and Yelchin's father. Into their lives comes a mysterious boarder whom Davis takes in because she needs the money, but remains suspicious. The stranger is Anthony Hopkins and he and Yelchin form a bond.
Hopkins is a fugitive, but not in the usual sense. As we discover he's got powers and abilities far beyond those of ordinary men which are in the mind reading field. It's a gift and a curse and Hopkins is wanted by some mysterious strangers who want to make use of his abilities. Presumably this is the Central Intelligence Agency.
Hearts in Atlantis is a tender and loving film that is made by the performances of Anthony Hopkins and the juvenile cast around him. Best scene in the film is Hopkins defusing a confrontation between Yelchin and friends and a school bully played by Timothy Reifsnyder. Hopkins reads Reifsnyder and tells him things about himself he would not want known, but they do ring true and play into the pathology of bullying.
This is an absolute must see films, one of the best screen performances by Anthony Hopkins on film.