Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles. Paul produces Hannah's television cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of A.I.D.S., and his mother comes to his bedside: they must speak truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith, so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? ... (Full plot summary below)
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Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles. Paul produces Hannah's television cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of A.I.D.S., and his mother comes to his bedside: they must speak truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith, so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? An adulterous couple meets at hotels for evening sex, but she is unwilling for the relationship to grow. Hugh tells tall tales, usually tragic, to women in bars. By the week's end, their parallel stories converge.
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| Sunday Times (Australia)Shannon J. HarveyAn underrated, dreamy drama about love, lust and infidelity amongst inter-connected Los Angeleans. Jolie rises to the challenge. |
| Boxoffice MagazineFrancesca DinglasanThe script's overall artifice, combined with a convenient burst of "I love yous" and an all-too-obvious surprise ending, work to undermine an otherwise interesting concept. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanAn always-entertaining and fairly thoughtful film on the subject of love, and how everyone hopes for it in one way or another. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaJolie's spunky, heartfelt, Oscar-nod-worthy performance is easily the film's best--which is no small feat, considering the caliber of the actors surrounding her. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullThe film works well as a whole and is lively from start to finish. |
| CNN.comPaul TataraIt'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. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsI 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. |
| CinematterMadeleine WilliamsAs a puzzle, Playing By Heart is fairly simple. Luckily, observing the artwork of the individual pieces is more than enough reward. |
| Apollo GuideMike DeWolfeA strong, though sometimes trite, script and good direction keep all the threads going until the tales intertwine. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe movie is consistently well-acted and features a gallery of characters so affable that it's difficult to actively dislike any of them, or, for that matter, the film as a whole. |
