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By Margaret A. Mcgurk (290) for Cincinnati Enquirer (290) on 14 Oct 2002

An intriguing patchwork of relationships converges into a portrait of modern love in Playing By Heart, a wry, satisfying emotional saga…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Francesca Dinglasan (31) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 04 Jun 2002

The script's overall artifice, combined with a convenient burst of I love yous and an all-too-obvious surprise ending, work to undermine an…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 01 Jan 2000

The movie is consistently well-acted and features a gallery of characters so affable that it's difficult to actively dislike any of them, or,…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

[It's] n tune with the current trend toward movies that coddle the audience with reassuring sentiments…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Mike Dewolfe (37) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 01 Jan 2000

A strong, though sometimes trite, script and good direction keep all the threads going until the tales intertwine…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Edward Johnson-Ott (361) for NUVO Newsweekly (453) on 01 Jan 2000

Despite its first rate cast and some very well-crafted segments, Playing by Heart too often comes off like an ungainly, land-locked Love Boat…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 01 Jan 2000

Eventually and predictably, the movie, written and directed by Willard Carroll, brings all of the disparate pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 01 Jan 2000

F you're willing to go with the warmed-over sentimentality and unoriginal situations, you'll be grandly entertained by some of Hollywood's…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Madeleine Williams (207) for Cinematter (205) on 01 Jan 2000

As a puzzle, Playing By Heart is fairly simple. Luckily, observing the artwork of the individual pieces is more than enough reward…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Erik Childress (902) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 01 Jan 2000

There was a lot for me to like in this film, but I felt it didn't really add up to much…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Jan 2000

I like this film a lot, a genuine grown up movie that will hurt, amuse and amaze its target audience, and maybe surprise you if you are not it…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Jan 2000

Everyone has his or her moment, although it is the older folks (Connery and Rowlands) and the youngsters (Jolie and Phillippe) who come off…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Paul Tatara (114) for CNN.com (607) on 01 Jan 2000

It's much more enjoyable than this sort of date-movie thing normally is, and that success can mostly be credited to the big names populating the film…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 01 Jan 2000

The film works well as a whole and is lively from start to finish…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 01 Jan 2000

Jolie's spunky, heartfelt, Oscar-nod-worthy performance is easily the film's best--which is no small feat, considering the caliber of the actors…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

The dialogue makes the episodes diverting a fair amount of the time; it also disguises a script that has virtually nothing interesting or new…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Carroll is satisfied to just give us a feel for the personality of the characters. The veteran actors know how to make the most of their time…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

It will come as no surprise to fans of Elvis Costello that his beautifully expressed observation that writing about music is like dancing about…

Review of Playing by Heart (1998)

By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 01 Jan 2000

An always-entertaining and fairly thoughtful film on the subject of love, and how everyone hopes for it in one way or another…

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