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Hearts in Atlantis, based upon a story by Stephen King is about a mysterious but friendly man who moves into the upstairs of a house owned by a single mother and her 11 year old boy.  The boy's mother works hard to pay off the debts left to her by her deceased husband and as such ends up working a lot of overtime and messing with the boy's life in the process.  He takes an instant liking to the man who's renting the upstairs and they embark on a relationship of camaraderie, and some commerce.  The boy desperately wants, as all boys do, to have a really cool bicycle and the older man pays him to read the newspapers to him and keep an eye out for strange happenings and what he calls "low men".  The man has a secret and means to keep it.  The boy simply takes it in stride for the money until they become close friends then he too is drawn into the conspiracy.

Hearts in Atlantis is absolutely excellent.  The locations are gorgeous, the 1960's sets beautifully realised, and the acting superb.  The film is exciting, poignant, and well written.  The lyrical soundtrack is all great hits from the time, and the musical score is superbly crafted.  This is the kind of movie that reviewers live for, a film that is just so gripping in all aspects from direction, to setting, to dialogue, to music, to soups and nuts.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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