Review of One from the Heart (1982) by Leandro C — 16 Oct 2011

It's technically and aesthetically well-crafted, from production design to choreography to shot setups and camerawork. The story, however, is rather grating. And I just don't care much for Frederic Forrest.

I know he's a Coppola favorite and he works fine playing secondary characters in The Conversation and Apocalypse Now. But here, he has too many scenes as the lead and his whole screen persona is just so bland and mopey.

I don't find him interesting to watch on any level. Really, though, there's a kind of obnoxious streak the runs throughout the movie that I can't quite put my finger on, but affects me nonetheless.

I can't fault Coppola for being self-indulgent with the "love letter" filmmaking he does here, but I simply didn't enjoy watching his storied angst as much as he seemed to enjoy making it.