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Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Please don't spend money on this.

A different way of telling a story

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

"Random Hearts" is about two widowed people who found out that their spouses were having affairs with each other's husband and wife, their dead spouses were found on an aeroplane when it crashed. Harrison Ford plays "Sergeant William 'Dutch' Van Den Broeck", Kristin Scott Thomas plays "Kay Chandler" a congresswoman. "Dutch" finds out first that his wife was having an affair with "Kay"'s husband, she eventually finds out and the situation brings them into each others lives."Random Hearts" is an unusual romantic drama based on a novel. The movie is slow-paced at times, but this is the type of flick that doesn't really go anywhere, it's about the connection between these two people "Dutch" and "Kay", as the film goes on you can't help but want these two new people to start a serious relationship, but it's more of a fling, things get intense at times and it's clear that 'Dutch' is more emotionally invested in his deceased wife's affair to the point where we seem him act like a total jerk (in one particular scene he picks up "Kay"'s purse and aggressively tips all the contents out on the kitchen counter looking for a key or whatever it was).This film gives us a "will they or won't they" stay in each other's lives, there's two other story lines that have a supporting role and that's "Kay"'s very public political life and "Dutch"'s job as a Sergeant, we see him go on a stakeout and get shot - that sideline story is a little weak, but then again so is this entire movie plot.The performances are okay, it is the ending that's the major problem, we see that "Dutch" is waiting for "Kay" at the airport and says that he wants to stay in contact with her, she is a little standoffish while still being friendly at the same time, he says that they should go on a date sometime and she agrees, then she walks off to the plane on her own, this is actually a realistic scenario, but this is not real life, this is a movie, where is the ending romance? it's labelled a romantic drama for goodness sake, we see these people spend time together all cosy at his cabin, they go around investigating every detail of their deceased spouses affair, and she is saying no to a relationship with him? why, exactly? her career is a weak excuse, by the end of the flick it's all in the papers and on the news about both of their spouses having an affair, so there's nothing to hide anymore, maybe "Kay" had a change of heart and doesn't want a relationship, but the thing is romantic dramas are supposed to make viewers feel all warm, but we're left feeling depressed. The end scene is not satisfying especially after all they've been through. Some end scenes shouldn't be clichéd, but that is only when they can pull it off without making the viewers feel like they regret watching, "Random Hearts" however should have had a clichéd ending and had him get on the plane with her.

Although I usually like Harrison Ford and late director Sydney Pollack;s work, "Random Hearts" is a dud and a mess. It is all over the place in story and in acting/directing. There is a pointless subplot with Ford's characters Internal Affairs that eats up a good 25 min of superfluous runtime. The low-point though is the supposed morbid romance/relationship that's born out of bereavement. While this might not be uncommon, Ford and Thomas have next to no chemistry, and the strange obsessions with the mystery of the affair wears out quickly. A young Kate Mara is little more than plot device and filler. Towards the beginning the direction and performance for Ford is whacky and eccentric all of the sudden turning morose. The final scene was atrocious too - trying to bow-tie the movie. 4/10 not recommended.

The opening scenes grab you and push you back into your seat. The two stars of the film have just lost their spouses in an air crash. They must identify the bodies. Harrison Ford discovers his wife was sitting next to a man in first class so he calls upon the wife of this man. He suspects that they might have been having an affair. Harrison Ford is such a good actor; he leads you into the film and won't let you go. This is a bit unfortunate because the story slowly deteriorates. No viewer can miss what is going to happen next but this review will not tell you just in case someone new to American cinema fears "a spoiler." The acting is so good that the film can hold your interest, but it does not seem to live up to its riveting beginning.

I had to write after reviewing the narrow opinions shown. If any of you know of anyone who cheated on their spouse and then died without explaining the reasons, you will have to appreciate this film. The needing to know, the desire to know exactly when the affair started, the want to know what the other attraction the other had that you did not, all of those answers...the rummaging around personal belongings to find some logical inference, the mission to make it all make sense...All to find nothing that will fill in the gaps. This movie depicted the horrors to one's own identity and self confidence. This will always be one of my favorites.