Movie · Drama · Thriller

This is a gentle, innocent film about the reflections of an aging man, who returns to his home town after the death of his best friend. Memories of life at age 11 floods back as it was a magical time that changed his life. Three 11 year old children (Bobby, Carol, and Sully) share their lives. Carol and Bobby have a special affection for one another including sharing a kiss "by which all others will be measured". Bobby lives with his mother, a bitter, vain woman who looks for pleasures for herself without sharing much with her son. Into their lives comes a mysterious new boarder, who befriends the boy but generates distrust from the mother. As time passes, the man and boy share confidences and special powers are revealed. The man warns the boy to be on the lookout for the "lowmen", who were seeking him. The two share a summer's adventures and come to love one another before the inevitable happens. A confrontation with a school bully also changes everyone.

2002 · 1h 41m
Director Scott Hicks

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Hearts in Atlantis

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This is a gentle, innocent film about the reflections of an aging man, who returns to his home town after the death of his best friend. Memories of life at age 11 floods back as it was a magical time that changed his life. Three 11 year old children (Bobby, Carol, and Sully) share their lives. Carol and Bobby have a special affection for one another including sharing a kiss "by which all others will be measured". Bobby lives with his mother, a bitter, vain woman who looks for pleasures for herself without sharing much with her son. Into their lives comes a mysterious new boarder, who befriends the boy but generates distrust from the mother. As time passes, the man and boy share confidences and special powers are revealed. The man warns the boy to be on the lookout for the "lowmen", who were seeking him. The two share a summer's adventures and come to love one another before the inevitable happens. A confrontation with a school bully also changes everyone.

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Average 6.3
Reviews 136
Fresh 67
Rotten 69

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
2002
Run Time
1 hr 41 min
Rated
MS12
Regions of Origin
United States, Australia
© 2001 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (Australia)
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Czech (Czechia) (AAC), Russian (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Bulgarian (Bulgaria) , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech (Czechia) , Danish , Dutch , Estonian (Estonia) , Finnish , French , German , Greek , Hungarian (Hungary) , Indonesian (Indonesia) , Italian (Italy) , Latvian (Latvia) , Lithuanian (Lithuania) , Malay (Malaysia) , Norwegian , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Slovenian (Slovakia) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish , Ukrainian (Ukraine)

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.