Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

GuyMourning It's popular not to like Coppola after Apocalypse Now. Everyone claiming that the Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now are brilliant, yet everything else is "An example of an egomaniac not having objectivity." I've read a lot of reviews and this is all that I've read as the complaints for his later stuff. Sure the negative reviews focus on how thin the characters are thin, and the plot covers a short span of time. But honestly it's a Fairy Tale, and fairy tales have simple plots and thin characters. These same people would praise films like the Princes Bride, or Beauty & the Beast, but not One From the Heart. And why?Because One From the heart has amazing music, from Tom Waits that almost makes it worth seeing just for that. The movie is a musical, which is gutsy for anyone to write a new musical, but the lighting technical achievement is incredible. The film has what I would call "Color Scenes," where each scene is lighted heavily with certain colors, which play into the emotion of the scene. The film is an amazing achievement, for the visuals and the music, which is what it sought after to achieve. Ignore the negative reviews about what a disappointment it is, because the people who write those reviews don't have their own opinion, it's nothing but people repeating the Coppola myth of losing his touch. All he lost was the studio support. And because he focuses on perfecting his art and not making millions of dollars. Great Film, go see it, if you like good movies and don't get doped by the fake critics who talk from a lens that says "this movie is suppose to be bad."

dmy62 Dreamy ! Sedate and defined ! I first watched this movie when I was on my own and it made me think of my girlfriend .It is so fantasy in a modern day setting that it cannot fail to enchant .I don't know if it is charming or stark but it does have realism in an unreal state .The story is simple but nevertheless believable .You know how they feel ! It is one of my favourites and it takes me away to a fantasy place - I have not taken drugs but I imagine that this is what is would be like .It is a fantasy world of warmth and seduction , bright and shiny coupled with building site realism and everyday feelings .You truly suspend realism and that is what films are supposed to be about .If you are looking to escape for a couple of hours , watch this

Wil Schock As a fan of film with hundreds of DVDs in archive, no other captures my fascination like Coppela's One From The Heart. I have heard the critics weigh in on this work as missing the mark, massive waste of money, etc. Yet this herculean effort where the entire Las Vegas strip was recreated in an indoor set captures an ethereal quality that simply cannot be upgraded in my humble opinion. Achieving a subtle sense of lethargy and angst, the talent here *do capture what Francis was going for. At least, I would like to think so. The sometimes lonely but at all times dreamy setscape leads one into a place where you can feel the desert warmth emanating from the earth. You can sense the crispness in the air. And of course you wince at the realness of a relationship strained by the doldrums of everyday life as Frannie comes to grip with Hanks indiscretion while she dreams of getting a stamp in her passbook to anywhere but here. If you like love stories, you will not be able to help but fall for the cinematic magic Coppela weaves here into a blanket you can wrap up in for a couple of hours. For years I wondered what would be my favorite film of all time, were I ever pressed to make a choice, but notwithstanding the sweeping against-all-odds love story and adventure of Far And Away, or the raw testosterone-driven rocket-sled of First Blood, I would have to say that there really isn't any close second to One From The Heart, at least for me. What has been at times referred to as perhaps one of the most spectacular flops in Hollywood history, for me is truly the greatest triumph Hollywood has been fortunate enough to produce. I join the millions of fans of Pirates Of The Caribbean, Titanic and many other films that grace the top of the best selling status, but like The Big Easy, OFTH adds a flavor that, like food can be loved by one and loathed by the next, makes this something of a feast for the everyday romantic. I have been a life-long fan of Terri Garr, who turns in a great performance here, Kinski radiated as the mystical seductress and Raul Julia reminds us all here how charming an actor he really was, but Francis Ford Coppela steals this show by looking past the average film and creating a one of a kind trip down a high-desert lover's lane.

abstract-5 My main problem with this film is that I found neither of the main characters to be remotely sympathetic. Pathetic, yes; sympathetic, not at all. Both are liars and cheats and seemingly have no real pride in themselves or what they want. In short, I was anxious for the film to be over pretty much right from the beginning. The fact that this disastrous, dysfunctional couple gets back together at the end is both predictable and infuriating. Garr's character, for all her insistence that "this is the end", finally breaks down to the cliché "love conquers all" BS that this movie attempts to foist on the viewer. Just awful. Visually, there are some interesting techniques used, not to mention some genuinely beautiful shots, but that wasn't enough to overcome my disappointment. However, the only truly redeeming aspect of this flick is Waits' soundtrack. It's the only thing that got me to sit through the entire thing. After all, T.W. can do no wrong.