Description: Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) and Christian Slater (Murder in the First) deliver brilliant performances in this touchingly honest and beautifully crafted modern-day romance. Co-starring Rosie Perez (White Men Can't Jump), who lends her own unique brand of energy and talent, Untamed Heart's heart is in the right place (Roger Ebert, 'siskel & Ebert ).Tomei portrays Caroline, a diner waitress who is consistently (and miserably) unlucky in love. Slater is Adam, the diner's reclusive busboy who harbors a secret crush on Caroline, yet is too shy to speak to her. But all that changes one cold night when Caroline finds herself in a life-threatening situation on her walk home and Adam appears out of the shadows to rescue her. Intrigued by her unlikely knight in shining armor, Caroline tenderly breaks through to his lonely world. Together, the two forge a bond of trust and understanding that ultimately blossoms into one of cinema's most unforgettable love stories.
Amazon.com: If you're a die-hard romantic with a soft spot for three-hanky weepers, this well-acted love story from 1993 will be just what the doctor ordered. It's about a waitress named Caroline (Marisa Tomei) who works the graveyard shift in a Minneapolis diner, where the silent, introverted Adam (Christian Slater) works as a dishwasher and janitor. Only Caroline manages to bring the solitary Adam out of his shell, and when he rescues her from an assault, their tentative friendship slowly blossoms into mutual trust and love. Adam has a weak heart and desperately needs a heart transplant, but a story told to him by orphanage nuns--that he was raised in the jungle with the powerful heart of a baboon--makes him feel invincible. This sets the stage for a tender and tragic love story that director Tony Bill handles as a delicate balance of blue-collar reality and misty-eyed fairy tale, and the quiet chemistry between Tomei and Slater makes it work. If you don't get a little choked up by the movie's heartfelt conclusion, you just might need a heart transplant yourself. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A satisfying, old-fashioned love story
Slater, Tomei, and Perez are all very good in their roles, and the film's slow (but never boring) pace works very nicely. It's nothing amazing, but it's reminiscent of some of the older, classic Hollywood love stories from the 40s and 50s which I like very much. The only thing I really didn't like about the film was the occasional violence and profanity. I think it would have been more pleasant had there not been any of that. Otherwise, a pretty good movie.
Rating: - Suspend reality.....
....and you will enjoy this film. It is a romance cloaked in a fairy tale and if you do not think about it too hard, you will be able to enjoy it.
I love to watch Marisa Tomei - think she is a great actress - and Rosie Perez is good too. The story follows a young couple who develop a relationship despite their circumstances. Tomei plays an outgoing waitress; Slater is a reclusive dishwasher who rarely talks.
This sweet eccentric story will give you a couple of hours of viewing pleasure but afterwards you may ask "why?"
Rating: - Magic Records and a Baboon Heart ...
So a lot of folks come away with a lot of mixed feelings regarding this movie. Ok, understood. Some people say that `On The Road' was boring and that they didn't get it. Not all the great masterpieces are appealing to everyone. But I think the problem is that you have to see this movie during a point of quiet, and when you're not expecting it. That's when books and films have a way of sneaking up on a person and hitting you over the head for all they're worth.
Untamed Heart was a film that came out when the market was already flooded with similar films, but with different messages, ... Read More
Rating: - This is a really great film!!! Sweet and romantic, and very cute, while being sad to!
This is a really great movie, despite Rosie Perez who has the acting ability of a worn out slug, but everything else about the movie is great! It is a really wonderful, cute, sweet, very romantic, and also a sad story, with a great screenplay and the actors (except for Rosie Perez) are really great!
Rating: - great story
I watched this the first time on TV and 15 minutes before the ending the cable went out!! I ran to Wal Mart to get a copy but they did not carry it. Neither did anyone else! I ordered it from Amazon and couldn't wait to see the ending! Such a great story but never seemed all that popular of a movie. I can't imagine why...if you like love stories, you will be crazy about this movie.
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