Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Very disappointing...

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Blistering performances.

I'll tell you about my feelings during watching this movie I'd like to say the great movie! I was watching with curious in my eyes and ears, the relationship between the old man Ted and Bobby captured me and I knew something is coming, that's remind me of the Stephen king's novel "Apt Pupil" in another great movie in 1998 (I'd recommend it).I really liked everything in this movie, the Cast, Picture, especially the Screenplay it was wonderful talking about time and memories that way! coming from an awesome writer!, these kind of movies full of life, you find it familiar closer to you! Enjoy! Thanks : )

Subtle and Low Key Sentimental Thriller that combines Paranormal Underpinnings and Growing Up with a Distracted Mother. Enter Anthony Hopkins a "Strange" Visitor with a Dark Secret and Secret Agents on His trail.The Film is Wonderful the way it keeps the Thriller Aspects in the Background but Never Far from the Proceedings. Hopkins Relationship with Bobby (Anton Yelchin) is Warm, Edgy, and Heartwarming. Mika Boorman also has a Heartfelt Part as Bobby's First Girlfriend and is Radiant. Hope Davis as the Troubled Mother also Delivers the Goods as one of the Movie's Villains. The Excellent Performances lend Credence to the William Goldman's sometimes Vague Script. The Cinematography is also Outstanding.The Soundtrack is Typically Nostalgic with Top 40 Tunes Blasting Away to add some Spunk to the Gloomy Story. With so many Fine Ingredients the Movie Failed however to be Embraced by Critics and the Box-Office. It's one that shouldn't be missed even though it seemed to have been Thoroughly Missed by the Aforementioned.

Hearts in Atlantis is a movie which has many appreciable sides to it. On one hand it's a great mystery movie and on the other it's a great tale of one innocent child who happens to meet a psychic. Two scenes stand out 'perfectly' in my memory and they seem to be some of the best scenes I have ever witnessed on screen: In first one three kids are playing and walking on a railway track which has a shape like a snake and at the end of this railway track there seems to be a horizon with a Neptunian yellow glow of setting sun. This scene is very sensitive and beautiful scene. The scene at the climax where kid drives his bike and disappears is also a very affecting one.This is a mystery movie because many a things are not known. Who the psychic was and why he was being searched by some mysterious bogey-man type agents, where did the father of the kid go and some other things remain unclear. The movie however has a very touching tale of the relation between the kid and the psychic. The kid has a difficult childhood because his mother is not only poor but also mean. The character of the kid has been played very efficiently by Yelchin. As for the psychic, one of the greatest and most charismatic actors of all time, Anthony Hopkins was playing it and he does not let you blink with his majestic style. This is a sentimental movie imbued with colors of mystery. And yes, Stephen King did this one with a bit less of horror and paranormal and he did it brilliantly!

I loved this movie, with Anthony Hopkins playing Ted a mysterious renter in the house with Bobby Garfield and his mother. There is a mystery surrounding Ted which we slowly learn more about, and the rest is small town kids growing up. There are some wonderful lines in the movie, presumably penned by Stephen King. The acting is superb by everyone. Anton Yelchin as "Bobby-O" is outstanding, but you will also be charmed by Mika Boorem's Carol. Hope Davis is terrific as the self-centred mother. Hopkins character is very likable, but he doesn't dominate this tale because he treads lightly throughout.All of the supporting characters are interesting and convincingly portrayed. The story will probably leave you misty-eyed, and wishing there were more movies like it.