A valiant effort filled with technical and design excellence, overall, as a film Lonely Hearts is emptier and more alone than the victims of Beck and Fernandez.

| Nov 14, 2019

This is the version that's easily forgettable.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 18, 2009

Leto's layered performance as the nattily dressing dandy with no remorse is truly impressive.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 25, 2008

Un buen ejemplo de cine negro, gnero fuera de moda que an conserva su encanto.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 8, 2008

Noir-ish murder tale is far too dark for kids.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 22, 2007

A good, not great, movie that benefits from nice period detail and some strong performances (especially Hayek and Leto), even if the real-life Beck was a heavyset, homely mess not anywhere near as attractive as Hayek.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 1, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 26, 2007

Except for the fact that innocent lives are lost here, it would be easy to walk away from Lonely Hearts saying "so what?".

Full Review | Original Score: 61/100 | Jul 20, 2007

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2007

Hayek's alluring temptress persona reinvents Beck's obese nag as a sexed up femme fatale, in an exceedingly odd way trumping Leto's wimpy, henpecked unconvincing womanizer.

| Jul 2, 2007

A consistently entertaining and occasionally gut-wrenching tale that deserves at least some measure of notice.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 25, 2007

There is some strong work here, but too many misfires.

Full Review | Apr 23, 2007

The only juice in Lonely Hearts comes from the thousands of volts shooting through the electric chair in which Martha and Ray are executed in back-to-back scenes that are disturbingly detailed and drawn out.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 21, 2007

Most astute is Leto's impeccable representation of an amoral snake of a man with the looks and sociopathology to fulfill the requirements of his abject trade.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 20, 2007

The story of Fernandez and Beck may be grotesque comedy, but Todd Robinson tells it straight, without flinching from its piteousness, horror, or banality.

Full Review | Apr 16, 2007

Where's James Ellroy when you need him?

| Original Score: 2/6 | Apr 14, 2007

Hayek is a standard-issue femme fatale, damaged on the inside but flawless on the surface.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 13, 2007

When Hayek and Leto are onscreen, you do not look away.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 13, 2007

Their amorality isn't presented in a conventional manner; it's depicted in an unremarkable, matter-of-fact style that makes it all the more realistic -- and all the more unsettling.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 13, 2007

A rather plodding movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 13, 2007