Cold Heart

For all the negative comments, it looks like if you follow Nastassja Kinski nobody likes the movie, but I had never heard of any of these actors and just caught the movie on cinemax. Its not another skin flick, you have to watch the movie to realize the topic is completly adult to begin with, and the sex scenes are very necessary to portrait what the director wants us to see.

The movie I think is very well done, the psychotic patient that gets released and ends up with his doctors wife, only to cause a mess of problems. The patient is brilliant, he will let his girl do whatever she wants, in exchange for his full attention as well (something close =b). As soon she changes her mind, it gets messy. He also has some psycic sensitivity as you watch the film. The interactions between the psychiatrists husband and wife is believable for somebody who is blinded by emotion, and the husband knows how to play on it (or avoid it) just like little kids avoid situations.

This movie has so many brilliant mini aspects of it, I dont understand how its getting a 4.0/10.0, it is deserving of much more. If you watch the movie for the thrill of a movie I would hate it too, you have to watch it to get into the characters head to appreciate this movie, or else most of the plot basis is gone, leaving an empty movie with some funky things happening.

When it comes to Ms. Kinski, just give me Paul Schrader's 1982 'CAT PEOPLE' and we'll call it a day 😊

Seriously though, what carries this film is basically the great, underrated Jeff Fahey. True, some of his roles are a bit one-note, but here he gets a real chance to act. Also, I really should give props to Josh too. I think his little asides and looks here and there give a lot of almost likeable dimension to his character too. I would strongly bet some of his little throwaway lines are ad-libbed.

But, sadly, our dear Ms. Kinski, for all her past glory (and I AM honestly sorry to have to say that) just doesn't really come through that terribly well. And please don't get me started on the female assistant. BUT... even with all that said, I must say that I really did like the overall plot. I thought it was rather clever, and Mr. Fahey and Josh pulled their weight just fine.

I hate to say it, but I think with a better female lead who could act well enough to carry the heavy emotional implications of what her character is going through, that would have gone a long way to strengthening this movie.

So, yes, it is basically worth watching I would say, if you like 'Romantic Thrillers', but in my lowly and wretched opinion I feel that the weak lead and the drawn out sex scenes kind of dragged it down a little. If you can overlook these weaknesses and just get through the story, the ending is indeed very strong, which helps. I gave it a '6', but I feel that with a different lead and a little work, the excellent idea behind it could have made it a strong '7'...

I like Hudson Leick as much as the next guy (and probably more than most of the next guys), but even for her, this movie is just not worth watching. It's just plain terrible from start to finish. Sure, Hudson looks great if that's your interest -- not hard for her to look good in any case -- but even fast-forwarding and just watching her scenes, this one is just a real crapper. Even if you really like Hudson, avoid it.

I cant believe i was looking forward to this movie! Why Kinski! is it that bad ! The Plot, the acting, the directing .. All fail. Even the shower scene and the sex scene are made up with a fake model! I'm going to think twice before i see another movie for Kinski or Dimster. Uhhhh!

It's good for a few laughs, if you're light-tempered enough to enjoy bad things. And even if you don't laugh, it's still moderately entertaining. And, OH! Don't you just love a twist ending? This one actually surprised me, I wasn't expecting it. But maybe I was too distracted by the anime eyes of our resident psycho (Holloway).

Kinski is rather subdued - maybe sedated - through the picture and Fahey is very grim and serious the whole way through.

But for a "psycho seduces unhappy wife of his shrink and she rejects him and all hell breaks loose" kind of movie, it's not all that bad. Just don't expect anything Oscar worthy.