Untamed Heart Details

1992

Rated:
70
from 1979 members

Starring	Christian Slater, Rosie Perez, Marisa Tomei, Tony Bill
Director	Tony Bill
Genres	Comedy, Romance

Untamed Heart

UNTAMED HEART is a tender tale about the romance between Adam (Christian Slater), a severely introverted busboy with a congenital heart problem and Caroline (Marisa Tomei), a waitress with a penchant for men who reject her. Walking home late one night from the Minneapolis diner where she and Adam work, Caroline is attacked by two thugs. Just as they are about to rape her, Adam miraculously appears and beats the living daylights out of the two guys. To her surprise, Caroline discovers that the shy, silent Adam has been infatuated with her from afar and has even followed her home every night to make sure nothing happens to her along the way. Won over by his sweetness and devotion, Caroline enters into a tentative relationship with Adam, gently guiding him through his first experience with physical and emotional intimacy.

Starring	Christian Slater, Rosie Perez, Marisa Tomei, Tony Bill, Kyle Secor, Willie Garson
Director	Tony Bill
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy, Romance
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released	DVD: 20 Jan 2003 Production year: 1992
Format	DVD

Critics' reviews (3) of Untamed Heart
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Marisa Tomei and Christian Slater both work hard to wring every ounce of uplift and emotion from this well-meaning, if slightly contrived, romance. Slater plays the shy kitchen guy with a congenital heart defect who saves waitress Tomei from a vicious night-time assault by thugs, an event that leads the bruised souls to embark on a hesitant relationship. Everyone says it can't last, especially delicious Rosie Perez in another of her trademark sassy, wisecracking roles. Although the outcome is fairly predictable, there's enough along the bittersweet way to engage and amuse.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
Tony Bill's Minneapolis melodrama begins with washed-out, anaemic shots of an orphanage and a fey bedtime story passed... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful

A joy to watch!

Simply delightful, no more no less!.

Tony Bill has had a long and varied carrier in film and has acted in classics lsuch as Ice Station Zebra and directed a lot of strait to video and TV films.

In my humble opinion this film was his finest hour, a low budget film crafted with real feeling and from the moment Marisa Tomie dances around her bedroom to Tom's Dinner you know it's going to be good!.

Watch this film and whether your a man, woman, boy or girl I defy you not to be moved by this picture. Watch this film and enjoy this film but only when it's over do you relies how well crafted this film actually is, it could so easily have slipped in to the bottom shelf department. Watch it, enjoy it!.

A Joy to watch!.
- - David Pantrini from England, London
  - Posted 24 Mar 2004 17:47
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

A beautiful film

Caroline has just been dumped by her boyfriend. Whilst walking home from work 2 men try to rape her. Adam, a colleague of hers, comes to her aid. As she gets to know Adam she starts falling for him.

The film has believable, sympathetic, 3 dimensional characters. It's touching and warm. On the other hand, some of the scenes are a little bit drawn out.

Just one final thing, the film is not a comedy. It does have funny moments but it's a drama (and a good one at that).
- - Francisco from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  - Posted 19 Dec 2004 03:42
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