Chemical Hearts

Name: Chemical Hearts
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: August 21, 2020
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Adhir Kalyan, Austin Abrams, Bruce Altman, C.J. Hoff, Catherine Curtin

2020

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Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): August 21, 2020 | R

Starring: Adhir Kalyan, Austin Abrams, Bruce Altman, C.J. Hoff, Catherine Curtin, Coral Peña, J.J. Pyle, Jon Lemmon, Kara Young, Lili Reinhart, Maxmillian Robinson, Meg Gibson, Robert Clohessy, Sarah Jones, Shannon Maree Walsh

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Henry Page (Austin Abrams) has never been in love. He fancies himself a romantic, but the kind of once-in-a-lifetime love he’s been hoping for just hasn’t happened yet. Then, on the first day of senior year, he meets transfer student Grace Town (Lili Reinhart) and it seems all that is about to change. When Grace and HenrySeventeen-year-old Henry Page (Austin Abrams) has never been in love. He fancies himself a romantic, but the kind of once-in-a-lifetime love he’s been hoping for just hasn’t happened yet. Then, on the first day of senior year, he meets transfer student Grace Town (Lili Reinhart) and it seems all that is about to change. When Grace and Henry are chosen to co-edit the school paper, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious newcomer. As he learns the heartbreaking secret that has changed her life, he finds himself falling in love with her — or at least the person he thinks she is.… Expand

Director: Richard Tanne

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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The Playlist Asher Luberto

Sep 13, 2020

It isn’t pretty — it’s by turns confusing, exhilarating, depressing and deflating. But then again, so is high school. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Aug 21, 2020

A deeply felt teenage melodrama. Read full review

Caryn James

Aug 20, 2020

Writer and director Richard Tanne (Southside With You, about Barack and Michelle Obama's first date) takes what sounds like a terrible idea and transforms it into a sleek, well-played romance that largely makes the cliches believable. Read full review

Shaena Montanari

Aug 20, 2020

Chemical Hearts is sad, dark and depending on how much heartbreak you can take, almost too depressing at times. But it definitely provides something different in the teenage romance genre — except that something different may make you miss the days of cheesy high school rom-coms by the end. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Aug 23, 2020

Heavy-handed symbolism aside, this is a decent little drama which digs into the bewildering limbo state between childhood and the adult world – a time in which everything hurts, heads are full of hormones and time stretches out interminably. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Aug 20, 2020

Despite the movie’s sympathy for the high stakes of Henry’s adolescence, the myopia of his point of view settles over “Chemical Hearts” like a layer of grime. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 20, 2020

This elaborately contrived story feels as if it has been cobbled together from a dozen others, and it never escapes cliche. Read full review

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Patry3006

Aug 22, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolutely amazing. The performances were incredible I felt what they were feeling. This movie made me feel less alone as a teenager knowing I’m not the only one going through this… Expand