One From the Heart

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One From the Heart

R

1981

1h 38m

Musical

Romance

Drama

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The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.

Critics Consensus

One from the Heart belies its reputation as a flop with Francis Ford Coppola's earnest intentions and technical virtuosity, but not even the director's ardor for the genre is enough to make audiences feel much for these characters.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

02/14/2024

3/5

There’s plenty to enjoy here, especially the sparkling emotional openness of Garr, who is a terrific natural dancer and seems always to be dancing, even when she isn’t.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

01/19/2024

A movie that takes a drastic and original approach to the very notion of character, to the essence of subjectivity in cinema.

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Adam Solomons

IndieWire

09/01/2023

B

It’s the sheer commitment to artificiality that makes One from the Heart an important inspiration for the modern musical, even while it stares backward.

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Joe Botten

Loud and Clear Reviews

Mar 2

4/5

It’s a pretty film with a dark edge, and has never looked better.

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Megan Fisher

Loud and Clear Reviews

01/11/2025

There are moments of movie magic, such as Nastassja Kinski’s tightrope walk and Garr’s dance with Raul Julia, but they are brief flashes in the midst of flamboyant spectacle and dull characterization.

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Ray Pride

Newcity

07/02/2024

7/10

<i>One From The Heart</i> straps itself to a neon rocketship of elemental romance rather than taking a boat upriver to documentary-style madness. [It and <i>Apocalypse Now</i>] make a pretty pair, and <I>Heart</i> has things you don’t see in the jungle,

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Joseph

02/26/2024

classy love story in LV but featured in the low end of town. And the best? Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle. Wow!

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Alain E

@AlainE 05/15/2025

Very entertaining and released under the name Francis Coppola (no Ford). I thought it predated Apocalypse Now, but it actually follows it. In essence the director does what he wants. There is a love story, the two protagonists split, but in the end they belong together. There are scenes illuminated with expressionistic use of color because that’s what the director chooses to do. Nastassja Kinski is lovely as a circus girl who in the end cannot replace the hero’s true love. This is not Godfather IV, but far from the complete failure that its meager ticket sales implies.

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Esra Y

@RT95409318 03/20/2025

Cinematography, sets, music absolutely dazzling. Teri Garr is captivating. Unfortunately there is no chemistry whatsoever bw any of the actors. Main romance feels like they hold onto each other out of habit and possessiveness not love.

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santana !

@RT31087214 08/24/2023

one of the best looking films ever

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John A

@ExcessMale 08/04/2023

Dazzling, light-hearted, visually ambitious and somewhat experimental. Francis Ford Coppola's 80's financial blunder is far better than any review-reader would expect.

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01/31/2021

A very underrated Coppola work! Amazing!

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Synopsis

The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Gray Frederickson, Armyan Bernstein, Fred Roos
Screenwriter: Armyan Bernstein, Francis Ford Coppola
Production Co: Zoetrope Studios
Rating: R
Genre: Musical, Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 17, 1981, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $61.1K
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround