Lonely Hearts
2006 · Movie · R · 108 min · ★ 6.1 · 54% critics
In the late 1940s, a charming con man and a jealous partner target lonely women through newspaper ads, turning scams into violence. As the crimes grow, two detectives work to follow the trail and stop the pair before more lives are lost.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-04-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 54/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (377 votes)
About
You may like Lonely Hearts if you enjoy dark, period crime stories with a bleak mood and strong leads; Not for you if you want a tightly focused thriller or prefer less attention on the police side, like Monster or The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Pros: strong lead performances; period atmosphere; gritty crime story | Cons: uneven focus; familiar cop tropes; underused supporting roles
Themes
- sibling relationship
- undercover agent
- nurse
- detective
- eroticism
- greed
- observer
- seduction
- longing
- lonely hearts ad
- femme fatale
- murder
- +1 more
Cast & crew
John Travolta
as Elmer Robinson
James Gandolfini
as Det. Charles Hilderbrandt
Jared Leto
as Ray Fernandez
Salma Hayek Pinault
as Martha Beck
Scott Caan
as Det. Reilly
Laura Dern
as Rene Fodie
Michael Gaston
as D.A. Hunt
Dan Byrd
as Eddie Robinson
Alice Krige
as Janet Long
Dagmara Dominczyk
as Delphine Downing
Directed by Todd Robinson