
The dysfunctional twenty-three-year-old Sarah takes her six-year-old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and low lifestyle and is introduced to booze and drugs and mentally, physically and sexually abused by Sarah, her lovers and her religiously fanatic family.... (Full plot summary below)
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The dysfunctional twenty-three-year-old Sarah takes her six-year-old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and low lifestyle and is introduced to booze and drugs and mentally, physically and sexually abused by Sarah, her lovers and her religiously fanatic family.
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| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThe results are shapeless, excessively lurid and often unpleasant, with Argento shamelessly vamping the white-trash junkie mother and truck-stop hooker. She apparently forgot whose story she was telling. |
| Planet Sick-BoyJon PopickAsia Argento leaps from the petulant nihilism of Scarlet Diva to something much more cohesive and enjoyable. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordThe story conveys so much emotion that I found myself wanting to yell at the screen, "Leave that boy alone!" |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesMarks [Asia Argento] as a far more adventurous and even risk-addicted filmmaker than her famous father Dario. |
| Stylus MagazineSky Hirschkron[The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things] has a deceptively desultory structure where no moral system or 'new daddy' seems to hold much water upon introduction, but each accumulates ideas which make an atavistic reappearance at the most inopportune of tim |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[H]as a sucker-punch power more potent that what most movies specifically designed as 'horror' can muster... |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordArgento has made a ferocious film including her own committed performance, but like her character, she loses control in the final goings. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA stylistic take from a boy's point of view, focusing on his mom and her macho boyfriends. |
| Gay City NewsSteve EricksonA flat plot description would make "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things" sound like one of the most harrowing films ever made. However, Argento presents it with a lyricism that makes its horrors bearable. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineArtful and stylish, Argento's acting and filmmaking are edgy, authentic and rather nuts. |