The Violent Heart

Name: The Violent Heart
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: February 19, 2021
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Cress Williams, Grace Van Patten, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Jordan Preston Carter, Jovan Adepo

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: February 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Cress Williams, Grace Van Patten, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Jordan Preston Carter, Jovan Adepo, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Lukas Haas, Markus Silbiger, Mary J. Blige, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Rebecca Lines

Summary: Nine-year-old Daniel lives in a town outside of Nashville. Daniel sees his sister sneak out the door and follows to a dark, secluded spot in the woods, where she is killed. Fifteen years later, Daniel lives at home with his mom and teen brother Aaron. The killer has never been caught. Struggling to find his path in life, Daniel works at aNine-year-old Daniel lives in a town outside of Nashville. Daniel sees his sister sneak out the door and follows to a dark, secluded spot in the woods, where she is killed. Fifteen years later, Daniel lives at home with his mom and teen brother Aaron. The killer has never been caught. Struggling to find his path in life, Daniel works at a local auto shop and dreams of enlisting in the Marines like his father. But he has a criminal record and would need a rarely granted waiver. Cassie is an 18-year-old who has had her fill of high school. An only child, she is particularly close to her father, an English teacher at her school. When Cassie takes her car in for an oil change and meets Daniel there’s instant chemistry. Devastated to discover her father may not be the man she thought he was, Cassie reaches out to Daniel and a tender romance blossoms. But when deeply buried secrets of their small town are revealed, violent events of the past threaten to tear the couple apart. [Gravitas Ventures]… Expand

Director: Kerem Sanga

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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IndieWire David Ehrlich

Feb 18, 2021

If this one still bites off more than it can chew, its ambition nevertheless reaffirms Sanga as a skilled and emotionally sensitive filmmaker who’s attuned to the low-frequency wavelengths that tend to get flattened out by stories with this kind of sweep. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 18, 2021

The final act of a thriller is where the payoff lies. We’ve invested in the characters and relationships. We fear for them, and as we do, the suspense should build to the point where it weighs on you. The Violent Heart has that weight about it right from the start. And if the climax seems wanting, perhaps one twist too many, it still doesn’t spoil the mystery we see unfold and the solutions we have time to consider over its 100 or so minutes. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Feb 18, 2021

Some of these central relationships are inappropriate, even dangerous, but the subtlety of Sanga’s filmmaking allows for big twists to come as a genuine surprise. It makes for a successful manipulation of his audience’s expectations, even if the overall effect is a movie that feels slightly detached. Read full review

Caryn James

Feb 18, 2021

There is plenty to admire technically in his drama . . . But its substance is a mashup of ill-fitting parts, indebted to both Romeo and Juliet and Douglas Sirk. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Feb 25, 2021

Going into The Violent Heart, you must understand that the ending is insanely ridiculous. This is not to say that it’s not entertaining — in a way, it’s even more entertaining for being insanely ridiculous. But by the end, you will in no way be able to regard The Violent Heart as anything resembling a serious movie. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 19, 2021

A promising but self-thwarting movie like this is more depressing than an outright bad or dumb film. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Feb 19, 2021

Anodyne and asinine in equal measures, The Violent Heart is just brainless. Read full review

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