Into My Heart
Sean Smith and Anthony Stark co-directed this romantic drama about an extramarital affair. At Columbia University, during the week of John Belushi's death, lifelong friends Ben (Rob Morrow) and Adam (Jake Weber) meet Nina (Claire Forlani) at a student bar. After Nina and Adam marry, she goes to grad school in New York, while he begins a career as a writer. Ben marries Stanford law student Kat (Jayne Brook), and they both find work in New York. Lives are altered after Ben and Nina enter into an affair. Filmed in Manhattan and the Berkshires, and shown at the 1998 Deauville Festival of American Film and the 1998 Venice Film Festival.
Director: Anthony Stark
Starring: Rob Morrow, Claire Forlani, Jayne Brook, Sebastian Roché, Nelson Martinez
The plot isn't very original, but the acting and dialogue have a low-key realism that packs more emotional punch than a dozen of the standard-issue romantic dramas crowding the independent-film scene.
The results are only so-so.
Dreary.
So understated as to sometimes lack a pulse.
Anemic.
No awards
No lists