The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

United States

1968

123 Min

Color

1.85:1

English, American Sign Language

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Marc Merson, Thomas C. Ryan

SCR Carson McCullers, Thomas C. Ryan

CAST Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Laurinda Barrett, Stacy Keach, Chuck McCann, Biff McGuire, Percy Rodrigues, Cicely Tyson

Making Mick a sexualized teenager kind of distracts from the loneliness and isolation that was so central to the book's theme. Maybe I am just biased. Alan Arkin is great though, which is the only reason I gave it two stars instead of one.

Christopher

1Sep11

Really great acting from Arkin and Locke, but I feel like the movie should have been more emotionally affecting than it is. The ending felt very rushed and hackneyed... I can remember feeling much more while reading the book.