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Dominican Rep. Lonely Hearts
4,688
Film noir. Thriller
In the 40s, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were the most wanted couple in America. Known as the 'Lonely Hearts Killers', these lovers of duplicity, easy money and kinky sex would swindle and viciously murder the war widows and wealthy women unlucky enough to answer the personal ads in which Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha posed as his sister. They committed around twenty crimes. Detective Elmer C. Robinson ... [+]
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"While not much of a detective story, Robinson's period film does provide a captivating look at the dynamics that turn Fernandez and Beck into serial killers" | POS |
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United States |
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"'Lonely Hearts' never locates the key to the killers' bloody bond" | NEU |
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"The story of Fernandez and Beck may be grotesque comedy, but Todd Robinson tells it straight, without flinching from its piteousness, horror, or banality" | POS |
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United States |
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"While the duo's crimes were indeed sensational, writer-director Todd Robinson's starry take on the material fails to provide much in the way of a new perspective" | NEU |
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United States |
Salon | "A handsome and well-acted film" | POS |
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"Hayek just can't sell the role of a pathetic soul whose deep insecurities turn her into a sociopath. And if she has too much charisma, Leto, as the smooth Lothario, simply doesn't have enough." | NEU |
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