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The death of an old lifelong friend leads the fifty year old
Bobby (old Bobby
played by David Morse) into thinking of the 60’s and his own childhood,
including the remarkable man he used to know, and the man's influence on his
life. The mysterious psychic Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins) moves into the
upstairs apartment of Bobby’s (young Bobby featured by Anton Yelchin) house, and
soon becomes his much needed fatherly figure and a guardian angel of a sort. He
comes out of nowhere yet fills the boy's mind with his calmness and warmth.
Bobby’s selfish mother Liz (hope Davis) fails to give her growing son enough
attention and poisons his memories of his passed father, due to her own hatred.
The mother gives a free library card to Bobby for his eleventh birthday, even
though the boy wished for a new bicycle. the extra money the family earns seems
to get spent on Liz’s new fancy clothes – after all, she has to look good for
her boss and she’s not the one to blame… Oh, No…
Friends are the most
important things in the young boy's life. The lionhearted Carol (Mika Boorem),
the rascal sully (Will Rothaar) and Ted form Bobby’s tight group of close
friends. Bobby earns the money to get a new bike by reading the newspaper for
Ted, and keeping an eye out for "low men" for him. Ted has an exceptional skill
(among men); He's able to see through people and feel they’re thoughts and
feelings. He sees their secrets, yet becomes easily misunderstood.
Unfortunately, he's also haunted by a group of goons that have long shadows and
leave cryptic markings telephone poles. These men are known only as the low men
in yellow coats.
Bobby’s and Ted’s friendship opens Bobby’s eyes to see
the world as something more than just what he sees. It seems a little piece of
Ted's power is transferred to Bobby. Ted’s influence, for instance, influence
Bobby’s career choice. He becomes a photographer. The last summer of his
childhood Bobby experiences both a great love and companionship, and also a
great disappointment and the cruelty of life. From the safe corners of his
childhood life opens up a large, unknown world to the boy, and there’s no
returning to the ignorance of childhood.
Scott Hick’s Hearts In Atlantis
is a traditional yet warm movie, in which Anthony Hopkins lets his charming
manners out once again. The writer William Goldman formed the story of the movie
from Stephen King's short story compilation "Hearts In Atlantis" specifically
from the story, “Low Men In Yellow Coats”. The movie itself has some of that
King-like feeling of secrecy and magic. Although not a perfect adaptation of the
incredible Stephen King book, it does the story justice. It's just too bad they
couldn't have included elements of the other stories in the collection, but i
guess you can't have an 8 hour movie.
K~G~T Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Planets
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