Listen to Your Heart (2010) Reviews

• Amazing and touching story

  luvkris-498-3060332012-10-09

  What a wonderful story! Very touching story about true love and true friendship. The fact that the main characters are primarily unknown makes the story feel more real and you feel so connected to the characters. The music is also perfect! Very moving! He made the music for this movie and incorporated the songs into the story. My wife is deaf and I am hearing and this movie hits so many moments that I can relate to. This movie will always hold a special place for me. Don't want to give too much away. So watch this movie. It's a tear jerker. Actually watching it again right now which inspired me to write this review. Enjoy........

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• Amazing Movie!!

  mariea322011-06-03

  I was looking for movies to watch and somehow stumbled upon this movie and I am glad that I did!! What an excellent movie...I experienced all emotions when watching it. It made me feel like nothing is impossible, that you have to fight for what you want and believe in and don't let anyone or anything get in your way!! It is a movie that I will definitely watch again and highly recommend!! I hope he produces another movie as incredible as this one was!! I was very sad with some of the parts of the movie but the way the writer wrote it, you were able to feel happiness right after your tears. The actors did an excellent job as well, its really hard to say anymore without there being spoilers so I guess all I can say is watch the movie, grab a box of Kleenex and live each and every day to the fullest!!!

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• Please read before you critique

  twilight10862011-11-21

  I know this movie may be stereotypical or cliché'... But it's a movie isn't it? Movies can be a variety of things from fantasy to real life portrayal. And I feel sad for those who did not think fondly of this movie because it's not about what or how the movie is done but the message and moral it is trying to demonstrate. In regards to the deaf culture (someone else mentioned about ASL and the interpreter)... I am deaf, completely. The movie is not meant to share with the world about the deaf community, but rather the effort that the hearing world should try to understand. It's a matter of being objective than subjective to the world around us. With regards to the movie and sign language... Keep in mind that Sign Language changes almost constantly depending on the location. An example is the sign for "restroom" which could mean "toilet" in one area while it means another in another area. As for the interpreter - keep in mind that interpreters are meant to match the signing level of their clients, you don't want an advance interpreter signing for someone who just learned the language... It's like saying the word "Educational Institution" to a kindergarten rather than saying "school" ... you get the idea... If only you can understand the meaning of the movie and try to put yourself into their emotions and feelings... you'll enjoy the movie.

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• Movie with a great message!

  dedeknight2010-12-20

  I rented this movie this past weekend and was a little skeptical about it. Here we go another love story..... Surprisingly, I found myself really enjoying the story and the characters. This was a movie that really makes you stop and think about life, love and the choices we make in our lives. It makes you stop and reevaluate the choices you are making and think about what really makes you happy instead of typically doing everything that you are supposed to do or doing everything that makes everyone else happy. The characters are very easy to like and relate to. Danny, the lead male character....well, you can't help but fall in love with. He is sweet, caring and let's face it...not hard to look at!! I think the actor did a great job portraying this character. He made me want to be a better person. I thought the actress who played Arianna did a great job as well. i am sure playing a deaf person has its challenges, but she did a fantastic job at it. The supporting cast was very good as well. Roger and Tony were very enjoyable and added some good laughs throughout. Overall, I would recommend this movie. It's a perfect date night movie or feel good movie to watch over the weekend!

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• I wanted to like this film...

  lucy_george_12010-10-30

  I really wanted to like this movie - I rented it with high hopes while I was sick. The leads are appealing, and the plot seemed interesting to me. Unfortunately, the more I watched, the less I liked. My main issue is the clichés. They are everywhere, and they are huge. You've got your controlling mother with the evil smile who wants her daughter to date her social equal. You've got the snobbish, supposedly charming chosen boyfriend who is not at all what he seems; in fact he attempts to rape her at their very first meeting. There's the best friend, the source of a constant stream of advice, some good, some bad. There's the dead mother who provides strength and inspiration to her son. And the not-so-secretly drunk boss who has a kind heart but a failing business. Then there are your leads, Danny and Ariana/Sam. Danny has a heart of gold; he buys the newspaper every day from a street person but never reads it. He's saving up to buy recording equipment so he can record a demo, because all waiters in NYC are aspiring musicians. Sam is deaf, which in itself I don't consider a cliché, but her sheltered life because of it is. Danny and Sam meet, fall in love, and conduct an innocent yet clandestine relationship until Mommy Dearest finds out. Said mother then contrives to keep them apart while her own assistant sabotages those efforts. Somehow, Danny and Sam find their way back to each other, just in time for...SPOILER ALERT! ...Danny to be diagnosed with end-stage brain cancer. Great. I realize from reading this site that Kent Moran wrote this screenplay in tribute to his young cousin who did die of cancer, and I don't mean to take anything away from that, but that should have been a different movie. In this one, it felt like it was just thrown in near the end because he didn't feel like the movie could stand on its own without someone tragically dying young. The cancer angle makes this seem like two movies in one, and that's not necessarily a good thing. As if that wasn't enough clichés, Sam gets cochlear implants (another thing her mother tried to prevent in order to maintain control of her daughter) and the first thing of consequence she hears are wails of grief at Danny's bedside. And the music. Ay-yi-yi. The lyrics are what I might expect to hear from a seventh-grade poetry class. I'm sorry to say this movie was manipulative, trite, and predictable; the only thing I didn't predict was that it would be this disappointing. The acting is unfortunately sub par as well. I am not usually this harsh when discussing a movie because I feel bad for those responsible for bringing it to the screen. I know it would make ME feel awful to read a review ripping MY work to shreds. But I honestly can't summon much positive to say about this one. It had a few good moments, but they are few and far between. I realize that there are a lot of people who will love this movie, and that's fine. To each his own. This is just my opinion.

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