Secondhand Hearts

I wanted to like this movie. I kept hoping something - ANYTHING - interesting, funny, or even SEMI-amusing would happen beyond the first 5 minutes of this flick. Nope! Every event that did occur was either predictable or dull. There's no resolve to what few conflicts (or potential for conflicts) were presented. I'm still trying to figure out how such a blatant lack of content managed to make it on-screen. What happened? Did they lose the manuscript? Was it incomplete? Poor deliverance of a poorly written script. I refuse to judge the talent of these actors based off of this film alone. Perhaps they were doing exactly as directed. I understand wanting to leave an ending open for interpretation; but you need to develop the movie better if that's the objective. I'm left WTF-ing for the wrong reasons. Seriously. It's not just the ending that's left 'open for interpretation,' the entire film is! In fact, you're best watching it on mute and creating your own plot!

I really enjoyed this movie. I thought it was well paced, the characters were well developed given how relatively short the run time was, and the screenplay and the way the characters performed captured the emotional weight of the story in a way that was believable. The ending was great too in a way that honored the characters and relationships.

This is a really pretty film! I felt like the plot wasn't in itself very unique, but the acting was well done for a small film like this, and it all looked gorgeous. Plus I cried, so there's that.

First of all, Mallory Corinne is the sexiest woman I've seen in film in a long time. Whew!

Second of all, I think this film would only speak to you if you've been through something like this. Seeing the woman you love with another man. Loving one sister and then also falling for the second sister. It tears you up. I think they captured this painful dynamic well.

Finally, the ending. There is simply no possible good ending for this film. It's a pain that can only slowly dissipate with time. The best film I know on this topic was "The English Patient," and we all know how that one turned out.

If it's in any way about Japan, I'll watch it. I can give a film about Japan a 10 while others have panned it, usually for the cinematography alone. The scenes of Japan are bizarrely sped up and the plot is beyond not believable. There is no ending nor is there anything about this move that I can find any redeeming features except that it is short. The cast is terrible with the exception of the older sister. I am writing several screen plays with Japanese themes but this I just don't understand the point and that a group of people got together and agreed that this was something worth making. It's nonsense at best!