A plane
crashes on the way to Miami, killing everyone on board. The spouses
of a DC Internal Affairs cop and a New Hampshire congresswoman are
among the victims. It turns out that they were having an affair, and
when the cop becomes obsessed with finding out the details of the
relationship, he seeks out the congresswoman to find out some facts.
During the course of their looking into the events of the affair, the
two surviving spouses end up having an affair of their own. This
causes severe conflicts not only in their personal lives, but also in
their public ones.
RANDOM
HEARTS has some quality moments, good acting, an excellent director,
and some profound screenwriting, but is a disappointment because it
never achieves the level of it's potential. At about 2 1/4 hours, the
film is about a half hour too long, and unwisely the makers of the
film think that some horrible subplots involving a crooked cop and a
risky congressional campaign would provide the excitement and drama
the film needed. The film is still recommended for some choice
moments when the two leads are together and insightful observations,
but some serious editing and reduction of plots could have given the
film a little more HEART and a little less RANDOM.
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