60
Metascore
14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibTodd Robinson constructs a riveting thriller.
- While not much of a detective story, Robinson's period film does provide a captivating look at the dynamics that turn Fernandez and Beck into serial killers.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs fictional characters in a movie that is fetishistic in its attention to period detail, Mr. Leto and Ms. Hayek work well together as an unsavory couple two rungs down the social ladder from Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity."
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanLonely Hearts never locates the key to the killers' bloody bond.
- 67Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerTravolta gives a hangdog performance as the world-weary cop obsessed with rooting out the killers. Hayek and Leto share a few tart black comic moments as the film spirals into a bloodbath.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghWhile Travolta and Gandolfini have the beefy, closed-off look of post-WWII era cops, they never FEEL: They look like actors playing dress up. Leto overcomes his delicate good looks to embody Fernandez's feral, faintly exotic charm, but Hayek is a standard-issue femme fatale, damaged on the inside but flawless on the surface.
- 60SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA handsome and well-acted film -- if you like that bitten-off, half-Hemingway style -- but also a grim, emotionally strangled one with a strong sadistic current, no genuinely likable characters and almost no humor.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWhile the duo's crimes were indeed sensational, writer-director Todd Robinson's starry take on the material fails to provide much in the way of a new perspective.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceTodd Robinson, grandson of the real-life Elmer, never fully commits to the heartlessness of the genre as Arthur Penn did in "Bonnie and Clyde."
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickToo much of the film is given over to the soap opera of Elmer's life.