On the day he is released from the state penitentiary on parole after serving five years for robbery, Jack Kelson is tracked down by his now fourteen year old son, Nick Kelson, who wants to be with his father. Jack, in turn, wants nothing to do with Nick, both in having enough to contend with in getting his life on track for himself, and knowing that his own life has been one big failure, he determined for Nick not to get caught up in that cycle. Regardless as Nick cannot be ... (Full plot summary below)
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On the day he is released from the state penitentiary on parole after serving five years for robbery, Jack Kelson is tracked down by his now fourteen year old son, Nick Kelson, who wants to be with his father. Jack, in turn, wants nothing to do with Nick, both in having enough to contend with in getting his life on track for himself, and knowing that his own life has been one big failure, he determined for Nick not to get caught up in that cycle. Regardless as Nick cannot be dissuaded, the pair try to eke out a life together living in a rundown residential hotel in a low income neighborhood in Seattle, with the pipe dream of moving to the land of opportunity of frontier Alaska. While Jack goes to work for a commercial window washing business - one of the lies he telling Nick being he has a job as a construction supervisor - and strikes a relationship with Charlotte, a cab driver who wrote to him in prison, Nick has his first case of puppy love for Molly, a teen prostitute who lives with her adolescent brother Roy and stripper/prostitute mother Diane in a unit in the same building, leading to Nick being ensconced within a group of street youth to which Molly belongs. As the going gets tough, it may be easy for Jack to fall into old routines and Nick to follow in Jack's past footsteps, especially as Jack's old criminal associate Ray, who learned everything he knows from Jack, comes around trying to pull one or both into the life.
Leave your thoughts about American Heart.
| VarietyTodd McCarthyA gritty, well-meaning drama about a father and son on the fringes of society. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasNot since "Straight Time" with Dustin Hoffman has there been a film that more convincingly depicted the plight of the ex-con in his struggle to earn an honest living than the engaging "American Heart." |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumIt's a pity that the plot culminates in a slew of melodramatic contrivances that leave a lot of strands hanging. |
| User ReviewCarlos RThis beautiful film lives up perfectly to its title: it's got a great heart. It shows the street's reality in an excellent way, and above all with a lot of realism. Realism is perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this film. The characters feel real, they live in a world pictured with realism and helped by a fantastic script, the movie is simply fascinating. It's simple... yes, but it's an excellently made drama, with marvelous performances, specially Jeff Bridges who gave an Oscar-worthy performance but sadly the Academy forgot about him that year, besides the very little difusion this film had and still has. The deepness and intensity in the portrayal of the father-son relationship was one of the biggest accomplishments of this movie; and that aspect was probably the best I've seen in a film. I was lucky to catch it up on a cable channel and I was delighted with the quality of this little-but-great film. If I had to point out something not-so-good about it, it'd had to be the ending's resolution, which was a bit easy; but it doesn't take merit from the rest. Edward Furlong's performance is one of a kind too, and he is definitely one of the best if not the best young actor I've ever seen... but sadly we've all seen what his career has become in the past 12 years. Very moving. |
| User ReviewHolly CThis is my favorite movie of all time it makes me cry every time this is my kind of movie! |
| User ReviewMadison ?Very good. Very sad. Edward Furlong was great in this movie. |
| User ReviewLil Stray77Not realy a high or low point but I loved it anyway for the acting and dialogue. |
| User ReviewMara BExcellent indie film! The acting and characters seem very real. After seeing American History X and now this, Edward Furlong is one of my new favorite actors. |
| User ReviewDan MA great movie with composite characters based on the director's own documentary, Streetwise, about street kids in Seattle. Try to track that one down, too. Starbucks and Microsoft have left their mark, to be sure, but this, too, is Seattle. There's even a scene at The Lusty Lady. |
| User ReviewPrivate Udepressing? check! good script? check! real seattle ambiance? check! |
